man/cat1/sleep.1.txt

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 <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
 
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for sleep is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual. If the info and sleep programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command
 
              info sleep
 
       should give you access to the complete manual.
 
 
 
sleep 5.3.0 November 2004 SLEEP(1)