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NAME
     sleep - suspend execution for an interval

USAGE
     sleep time

DESCRIPTION
     Sleep suspends execution for time seconds.  It is used to
     execute a command after a certain amount of time, as in:

          (sleep 105; command)&

     or to execute a command every so often, as in:

          while true
          do
               command
          sleep 37
          done

RELATED INFORMATION
     alarm(2), sleep(3C).































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