use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
use IPC::Run qw/ run timeout /;
use Try::Tiny;

my @file_list;
try {
	run ['ls','/tmp'], \undef, \my $lines, timeout(5)
		or die "ls: \$?=$?";
	@file_list = split /\n/, $lines;
}
catch {
	die $_ unless /^IPC::Run: timeout/;
	warn "Timed out";
};

print Dumper(\@file_list);