SLEEP(1)              (Essential Utilities)              SLEEP(1)



  NAME
       sleep - suspend execution for an interval

  SYNOPSIS
       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

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




















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