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 implemen tations that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbi trary floating point number. Given two or more arguments, pause for the amount of time specified by the sum of their values. --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 . COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO sleep(3) 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 coreutils 6.9.92.4-f088d-dirtJanuary 2008 SLEEP(1)