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SLEEP(1)			 User Commands			      SLEEP(1)

NAME
       sleep - delay for a specified amount of time

SYNOPSIS
       sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
       sleep OPTION

DESCRIPTION
       Pause for NUMBER	seconds, where NUMBER is an integer or floating-point.
       SUFFIX  may  be 's','m','h', or 'd', for	seconds, minutes, hours, days.
       With multiple arguments,	pause for the sum of their values.

       --help display this help	and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering and Paul	Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software	Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is	 free  software:  you  are free	to change and redistribute it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       sleep(3)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.6		 January 2025			      SLEEP(1)

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