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SLEEP
!!!SLEEP
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
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!!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
!!COPYRIGHT


Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. 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
Texinfo 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.
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