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.\"	@(#)sleep.1	6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH SLEEP 1 ""
.AT 3
.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"
setitimer(2), alarm(3C), sleep(3)
.SH BUGS
.I Time
must be less than 2,147,483,647 seconds.
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93dac6e6	1	.\" @(#)sleep.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
1039c22a	2	.\"
93dac6e6	3	.TH SLEEP 1 ""
1039c22a KM	4	.AT 3
	5	.SH NAME
	6	sleep \- suspend execution for an interval
	7	.SH SYNOPSIS
	8	.B sleep
	9	time
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
	11	.I Sleep
	12	suspends execution for
	13	.I time
	14	seconds.
a56392fb	15	It is used to execute a command after a certain amount of time as in:
1039c22a KM	16	.PP
	17	(sleep 105; command)&
	18	.PP
	19	or to execute a command every so often, as in:
	20	.PP
	21	while true
	22	.br
	23	do
	24	.br
	25	command
	26	.br
	27	sleep 37
	28	.br
	29	done
	30	.SH "SEE ALSO"
a56392fb	31	setitimer(2), alarm(3C), sleep(3)
1039c22a KM	32	.SH BUGS
1039c22a KM	33	.I Time
a56392fb	34	must be less than 2,147,483,647 seconds.