sleep
suspend execution for an interval
TLDR
Delay in seconds
Execute a specific command after 20 seconds delay
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. NUMBER need not be an integer. Given two or more arguments, pause for the amount of time specified by the sum of their values.
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --version
-
output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
sleep(3) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.