Timeout a command in bash without unnecessary delay

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You are probably looking for the timeout command in coreutils. Since it’s a part of coreutils, it is technically a C solution, but it’s still coreutils. info timeout for more details.
Here’s an example:

timeout 5 /path/to/slow/command with options

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