sleep(1)              UNIX System V(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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