kill a java process after it was running for one hour

Question

I need a script that will murder java processes that have been on for more than one hour.

So I am trying this

timeout -k 10s nohup cpulimit -l 40 -- java -jar file.jar

Any idea why this isn't working?

Answer 1

You should have the nohup first, then timeout. nohup's disassociation with the controlling terminal breaks the ownership relationship that timeout uses to kill.

Also 10s tells timeout "Ten Seconds", not "One Hour".