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require "timeout"
require "systemu"

begin
  Timeout::timeout(1) do
    systemu("ruby -e 'loop{}'", {}){}
#    IO.popen("ruby -e \"exec \"sleep 5\"\"", {}) do |thing|
#       puts thing.read
#    end
  end
rescue Timeout::Error
  puts "Timeout"
end
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