sleep

sleep: wait for a time.

Synopsis

sleep seconds

Description

sleep waits seconds seconds, then exits. The number may have a fraction (sleep 0.5).

Exit status

0 after the wait; 1, with a usage message, when seconds is missing or isn’t a number.

Notes

Only one argument is read; there are no unit suffixes (s, m, h).

See also

sh(1), time(1)