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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 2147483647 seconds. |