sleep(1)                   (Essential Utilities)                   sleep(1)


   NAME
         sleep - suspend execution for an interval

   SYNOPSIS
         sleep time

   DESCRIPTION
         sleep 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(2), sleep(3C) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.































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