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sleep - Unix, Linux Command
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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.
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--help
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display this help and exit
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--version
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output version information and exit
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AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
sleep is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info and
sleep programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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info sleep |
should give you access to the complete manual.
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