sleep(C)

sleep -- suspend execution for an interval

Syntax

sleep time

Description

The sleep command suspends execution for time 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

See also

alarm(S-osr5), sleep(S-osr5)

Standards conformance

sleep is conformant with:

ISO/IEC DIS 9945-2:1992, Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 2: Shell and Utilities (IEEE Std 1003.2-1992);
AT&T SVID Issue 2;
X/Open CAE Specification, Commands and Utilities, Issue 4, 1992.

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