SLEEP(1)                 User Commands                 SLEEP(1)





NAME
       sleep - delay for a specified amount of time

SYNOPSIS
       sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
       sleep OPTION

DESCRIPTION
       Pause for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be `s' for seconds
       (the default), `m' for minutes, `h' for hours or `d' for
       days.   Unlike  most implementations that require NUMBER
       be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbitrary  floating
       point number.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for sleep is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and sleep programs  are  prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info sleep

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sleep 5.3.0              November 2004                 SLEEP(1)