getoutput-with-timeout-timer-broken.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19959271/in-python-how-can-i-use-timeout-in-subprocess-and-get-the-output
"""
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from threading import Timer
from timeit import default_timer as timer

start = timer()
# start process
process = Popen("echo 'Process started'; sleep 2; echo 'Process finished'",
                shell=True, stdout=PIPE, bufsize=1, universal_newlines=True)

# kill process in a second
hitman = Timer(1, process.kill)
hitman.start()

# collect output
output = ''.join(iter(process.stdout.readline, ''))
hitman.cancel()
print("Got %r in %.2f seconds" % (output, timer() - start))
process.stdout.close()
process.wait()