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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. SUFFIX may be 's' for seconds (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days. NUMBER need not be an integer. Given two or more arguments, pause for the amount of time specified by the sum of their values.
AUTHOR¶
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS¶
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COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'
September 2022 | GNU coreutils 9.1 |