sleep(1)sleep(1)NAMEsleep - suspend execution for an interval
SYNOPSIS
time
DESCRIPTION
suspends execution for time seconds. It is used to execute a command
after a certain amount of time, as in:
or to execute a command periodically, as in:
command
RETURN VALUE
exits with one of the following values:
0 The execution was successfully suspended for time seconds,
or a SIGALRM signal was received.
>0 If the time operand is missing, is not a decimal integer,
is negative, or is greater than returns with exit status 2.
SEE ALSOalarm(2), sleep(3C).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCEsleep(1)