sleep(1)
NAME
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.
For example, the following command sequence delays the execution of the specified command for 105 seconds.
(sleep 105; command)&
The next example repeatedly executes the same command every 37 seconds.
while true
do
command
sleep 37
done
RESTRICTIONS
The time must be less than 65536 seconds.