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, where NUMBER is an integer or floating-point. SUFFIX may be 's','m','h', or 'd', for seconds, minutes, hours, days. With multiple arguments, pause for the sum of their values.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2025 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'
January 2025 | GNU coreutils 9.6 |