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NAME
delay — a constant delay generator
SYNOPSIS
delay [ -b bufsize ] [ delay ]
DESCRIPTION
delay introduces a constant delay between its standard input and its standard output. The data from its stdin will be stored until it has been written to stdout. The required delay argument specifies the delay time in millisecond.
delay supports the following options:
delay
delay is the desired delay time, in milliseconds. The
following modifiers are accepted:
12s means 12 seconds
12m means 12 minutes
12h means 12 hours
-b bufsize
buffer size stores the data until it has been written to
stdout, in bytes. The following modifiers are accepted:
12k means 12Kb
12m means 12Mb
12g means 12Gb
EXAMPLES
delay the output of command_A to
command_B by 5 seconds:
$ command_A | delay 5s | command_B
delay the output
of command_A to command_B by 5 seconds with 10MB buffer:
$ command_A | delay -b 10m 5s | command_B
AUTHORS
Romain Vimont < rom@rom1v.com >
HOME
https://github.com/rom1v/delay Debian Nov 21, 2018 DELAY (1)