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SLEEP(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 SLEEP(1)



[1mNAME
     [0msleep - suspend execution for an interval

[1mSYNOPSIS
     sleep [0mtime

[1mDESCRIPTION
     [0m_S_l_e_e_p suspends execution for _t_i_m_e 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

[1mSEE ALSO
     [0msetitimer(2), alarm(3C), sleep(3)

[1mBUGS
     [0m_T_i_m_e must be less than 2,147,483,647 seconds.






























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