SLEEP linux command manual

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.   SUFFIX  may  be  's'  for  seconds (the
       default), 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days.  Unlike most
       implementations  that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be
       an arbitrary floating point number.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.   There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for sleep is maintained as  a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the  info  and sleep programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info coreutils sleep

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sleep 5.2.1                        May 2004                          SLEEP(1)