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7th December 2020

TIL Running Python code in a subprocess with a time limit — I figured out how to run a subprocess with a time limit for [datasette-ripgrep](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-ripgrep), using the `asyncio.create_subprocess_exec()` method. The pattern looks like this:

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Posted 7th December 2020 at 1:03 am

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