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.TH SLEEP "1" "April 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sleep \- delay for a specified amount of time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sleep
\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR[\fI\,SUFFIX\/\fR]...
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.B sleep
\fI\,OPTION\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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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.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep#sleep--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep#sleep--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBsleep\fP(3)
.PP
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) sleep invocation\(aq