run the script for N seconds for M arguments

subprocess_with_timeout.py

import subprocess
import time

timeout = 40  # Set timeout to 40 seconds 

with open('items.txt', 'r') as file:
    items = file.read().strip().split('\n')

for item in items:
    item = item.strip()  # Clean up any extra whitespace
    if item:  # Ensure the project name is not empty
        print(f"Processing item: {item}")
        command = ['python', 'main.py', '--item', item]
        try:
            subprocess.run(command, timeout=timeout)  
        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
            print(f"Subprocess for item '{item}' timed out and was terminated after {timeout} seconds")