1SLEEP(1)                         User Commands                        SLEEP(1)
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NAME

6       sleep - delay for a specified amount of time
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SYNOPSIS

9       sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
10       sleep OPTION
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DESCRIPTION

13       Pause for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be `s' for seconds (the default),
14       `m' for minutes, `h' for hours or `d' for days.  Unlike most  implemen‐
15       tations  that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbi‐
16       trary floating point number.  Given two or more  arguments,  pause  for
17       the amount of time specified by the sum of their values.
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19       --help display this help and exit
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21       --version
22              output version information and exit
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AUTHOR

25       Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
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REPORTING BUGS

28       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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31       Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
32       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
33       terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
34       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is NO WARRANTY, to the
35       extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

38       sleep(3)
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40       The full documentation for sleep is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
41       the  info  and  sleep programs are properly installed at your site, the
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46       should give you access to the complete manual.
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50GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                          SLEEP(1)
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