AT&T UNIX™PC Unix System V Users Manual - tenox

AT&T UNIX™PC Unix System V Users Manual - tenox AT&T UNIX™PC Unix System V Users Manual - tenox

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�· ! SLEEP (I) SLEEP (I) 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(3C). BUGS Time must be less than 2147483647 seconds. - 1 -

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SLEEP (I)<br />

SLEEP (I)<br />

NAME<br />

sleep - suspend execution for an interval<br />

SYNOPSIS<br />

sleep time<br />

DESCRIPTION<br />

Sleep suspends execution for time seconds. It is used to execute a<br />

command after a certain amount of time as in:<br />

(sleep 105; command)&<br />

or to execute a command every so often, as in:<br />

while true<br />

do<br />

command<br />

sleep 37<br />

done<br />

SEE ALSO<br />

alarm(2), sleep(3C).<br />

BUGS<br />

Time must be less than 2147483647 seconds.<br />

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