SLEEP(1) SLEEP(1) NAME sleep - suspend execution for an interval SYNOPSIS sleep time DESCRIPTION _S_l_e_e_p suspends execution for _t_i_m_e 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 setitimer(2), alarm(3C), sleep(3) BUGS _T_i_m_e must be less than 2,147,483,647 seconds. 7th Edition April 29, 1985 SLEEP(1)