my $pid = open CMD, '-|', $command or die $!;
my $timeout = time() + 10; ## 10 seconds should be enough
my $output = '';
while( <CMD> ) {
    $output .= $_;
    last if $sharedFlag == ABORT;
    kill 9, $Pid, last if time() > $timeout;
}
close CMD;
return $output;