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.

       --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) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       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.

sleep 5.93                       November 2005                        SLEEP(1)