SLEEP(P)                       FSF                       SLEEP(P)



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 implementations that require NUMBER be
       an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbitrary 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-sh-utils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for sleep is maintained as a Tex-
       info 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.



GNU sh-utils 2.0.11         July 2001                    SLEEP(P)