NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       sleep - delay for a specified amount of time

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
       sleep OPTION

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       The full documentation for sleep is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the  info  and  sleep programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info sleep

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU sh-utils 2.0.11		   July 2001			      SLEEP(1)