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.TH SLEEP 1 
.SH NAME
sleep \- suspend execution for an interval
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sleep
time
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Sleep
suspends execution for
.I time
seconds.
It is used to execute a command
after a certain amount of time as in:
.PP
	(sleep 105; command)&
.PP
or to execute a command every so often, as in:
.PP
	while true
.br
	do
.br
		command
.br
		sleep 37
.br
	done
.SH "SEE ALSO"
alarm(2), sleep(3)
.SH BUGS
.I Time
must be less than 65536 seconds.
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c1c0cbf7 KT	1	.TH SLEEP 1
	2	.SH NAME
	3	sleep \- suspend execution for an interval
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B sleep
	6	time
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.I Sleep
	9	suspends execution for
	10	.I time
	11	seconds.
	12	It is used to execute a command
	13	after a certain amount of time as in:
	14	.PP
	15	(sleep 105; command)&
	16	.PP
	17	or to execute a command every so often, as in:
	18	.PP
	19	while true
	20	.br
	21	do
	22	.br
	23	command
	24	.br
	25	sleep 37
	26	.br
	27	done
	28	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	29	alarm(2), sleep(3)
	30	.SH BUGS
	31	.I Time
	32	must be less than 65536 seconds.