SLEEP(1)             INTERACTIVE UNIX System             SLEEP(1)



          NAME
               sleep - suspend execution for an interval

          SYNOPSIS
               sleep time

          DESCRIPTION
               The sleep command 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

          SEE ALSO
               alarm(2), sleep(3C) in the INTERACTIVE SDS Guide and
               Programmer's Reference Manual.































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