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SLEEP(1)		     General Commands Manual			SLEEP(1)

NAME
     sleep - suspend execution for a specified 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
     sleep(3V)

BUGS
     time must be less than 2,147,483,647 seconds.

				9 September 1987			SLEEP(1)

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