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How can I set a timeout for wget and get a notification the connection times out in 20 seconds?

So far I've tried the following command

   wget  --spider www.example.com
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  • It is not clear what you are asking
    – Bruno9779
    May 27, 2014 at 12:11
  • @Bruno9779 sorry for my english. i want to get any alert if url doesnt response in time limit.
    – Murat İNAN
    May 27, 2014 at 12:16
  • what is the context you are using wget? as part of a script? or raw command line?
    – Bruno9779
    May 27, 2014 at 12:20
  • @Bruno9779 on command line.
    – Murat İNAN
    May 27, 2014 at 12:21
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    Wow, downvote-fest! Come on guys, if you are going to downvote at least have the decency to explain why so that people can improve their questions and answers.
    – Julian Knight
    May 27, 2014 at 14:04

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wget -T 20 --spider www.example.com || ping -n 1 www.example.com

However, ICMP/pings aren't always useful for determining site availability since they have been used in distributed denial of service attacks since the beginning of the century.

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  • thnx to you. i did it!
    – Murat İNAN
    May 27, 2014 at 12:31

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