SLEEP(1)                COMMAND REFERENCE                SLEEP(1)



NAME
     sleep - suspend execution for an interval

SYNOPSIS
     sleep time

DESCRIPTION
     Sleep suspends execution for time seconds.

EXAMPLES
     It can be 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


RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [NP_ERR]       An error occurred that was not a system
                    error.  Execution terminated.

CAVEATS
     Time (in seconds) must be less than the maximum number
     allowed in an unsigned long.

SEE ALSO
     alarm(3c), sleep(3c).
















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de:261,165;
ex:426,329;
rv:755,244;
ca:999,153;
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