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SCCS-vsn: bin/sleep/sleep.1 4.1
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+.\" @(#)sleep.1 4.1 (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"
+alarm(2), sleep(3)
+.SH BUGS
+.I Time
+must be less than 2147483647 seconds.