usleep
TLDR
Sleep microseconds
$ usleep [1000000]
Sleep 100ms$ usleep [100000]
Sleep 1ms$ usleep [1000]
SYNOPSIS
usleep microseconds
DESCRIPTION
usleep sleeps in microseconds. It pauses execution.
Microsecond precision. Fine timing.
Script delays. Short pauses.
Simple interface. One argument.
Legacy command. Use sleep with decimals.
PARAMETERS
microseconds
Time to sleep.
CAVEATS
Deprecated on many systems. Use sleep instead. Not in all distros.
HISTORY
usleep was provided by initscripts package for microsecond sleep. Modern sleep accepts fractional seconds.
