.TH SLEEP 1 2022-03-06 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
.SH NAME
sleep \(em suspend execution for an interval
.SH SYNOPSYS
\fBsleep\fR \fItime\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Suspend execution for at least the number of seconds specified by \fItime\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
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.B --help
Display help information.
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.B --version
Display version information.
.SH OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
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.I time
The number of seconds for which to suspend execution. Must be a positive decimal
integer.
.SH EXIT STATUS
The following exit values will be returned:
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\ 0
Execution was successfully suspended for at least \fItime\fR seconds.
.TP
>0
An error occurred.
.SH STANDARDS
The \fIsleep\fR utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 ("POSIX.2")
specification.
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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