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.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.