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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.  NUMBER need not be  an
15       integer.   Given  two  or  more arguments, pause for the amount of time
16       specified by the sum of their values.
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18       --help display this help and exit
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20       --version
21              output version information and exit
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AUTHOR

24       Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
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REPORTING BUGS

27       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
28       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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31       Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
32       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
33       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
34       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

37       sleep(3)
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39       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>
40       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'
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