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SLEEP(1)                                                              SLEEP(1)
NAME
       sleep - suspend execution for an interval
SYNOPSIS
       sleep time
DESCRIPTION
       Sleep  suspends  execution  for  time seconds.  It is used to execute a
       command after a certain amount of time as in:
            (sleep 105; command)&
       or to execute a command every so often, as in:
            while true
            do
                 command
                 sleep 37
            done
SEE ALSO
       alarm(2), sleep(3)
BUGS
       Time must be less than 65536 seconds.
                                                                      SLEEP(1)