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.TH SLEEP "1" "January 2024" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sleep \- delay for a specified amount of time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sleep
\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR[\fI\,SUFFIX\/\fR]...
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.B sleep
\fI\,OPTION\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Pause for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be 's' for seconds (the default),
\&'m' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days.  NUMBER need not be an
integer.  Given two or more arguments, pause for the amount of time
specified by the sum of their values.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
sleep(3)
.PP
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) sleep invocation\(aq