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sleep(1)
delay for a specified amount of time
Package: coreutil, added for amigaux.
This package comes with the extra set; without it, sleep is the original one: see sleep-original(1).
Also by this name: sleep(3C), C library · sleep(3B), BSD C library
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. Unlike most implementations that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbitrary floating point number.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for sleep is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sleep programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info coreutils sleep
should give you access to the complete manual.
| March 2004 | sleep 5.2.1 |