sleep(1)
sleep --
suspend execution for an interval
Synopsis
sleep time
Description
sleep
suspends execution for
time
seconds.
time can be as large as 2147483647 seconds.
It is used to execute a command
after a certain amount of time, as in:
(sleep 105; command)&
or to execute a command every so often, as in:
while true
do
command
sleep 37
done
Files
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi-
language-specific message file [See LANG on
environ(5).]
References
alarm(2),
sleep(D3)
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004