sleep(1)                                                    sleep(1)


       NAME
             sleep - suspend execution for an interval

       SYNOPSIS
             sleep time

       DESCRIPTION
             sleep suspends execution for time seconds.  time can be as
             large as 2147483647 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

       FILES
             /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
                   language-specific message file [See LANG on environ
                   (5).]

       REFERENCES
             alarm(2), sleep(3C)






















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