SLEEP(1) User Commands SLEEP(1)

sleep - delay for a specified amount of time

sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
sleep OPTION

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.

display this help and exit
output version information and exit

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sleep(3)

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or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'

January 2025 GNU coreutils 9.6