# Time Limit

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-limit/230317>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [June 10, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-limit/230317 "2014-06-10T15:43:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-limit/230317/1 "2014-06-10T15:43:54Z")

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Dear GNURadio fellows,

I am trying to save my samples in a file for limited time or limited  
number  
of samples using file sink block in GRC. I have searched over archive  
and  
web, but I did not find how to do it. There are some information about  
head  
(skip), etc. but I did not understand how to use it. I am using GNURadio  
Live 3.7.3.

Best regards,

Bekir

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**Author:** ![Bekir\_Sait\_SSiftler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@Bekir\_Sait\_SSiftler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bekir_Sait_SSiftler)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-limit/230317/2 "2014-06-11T00:17:51Z")

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On 06/10/2014 03:37 PM, Bekir Sait iftler wrote:

> Dear GNURadio fellows,
> 
> I am trying to save my samples in a file for limited time or limited  
> number of samples using file sink block in GRC. I have searched over  
> archive and web, but I did not find how to do it. There are some  
> information about head (skip), etc. but I did not understand how to use  
> it. I am using GNURadio Live 3.7.3.

head is the right way to go. Check out the examples, and read the manual  
page, and you should find out how it works very easily.

M