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| SLEEP(1) | User Commands | SLEEP(1) |
NAME
sleep - delay for a specified amount of time
SYNOPSIS
sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
sleep OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Pause for NUMBER seconds, where NUMBER is an integer or floating-point. SUFFIX may be 's','m','h', or 'd', for seconds, minutes, hours, days. With multiple arguments, pause for the sum of their values.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO
sleep(3)
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'
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