sleep1

Delay for a specified amount of time

sleep(1) sleep(1p) sleep(1plan9) sleep(3) sleep(3p) sleep(3tclx) sleep(9) sleep(9freebsd)

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Usage

sleep NUMBER [SUFFIX] ...

sleep OPTION

Overview

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.

--help: display this help and exit

--version: output version information and exit

Releases

19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.

1.1–1.2
1.3–2.1
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Author

Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.

Reporting bugs

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Copyright

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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