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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
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     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 9.9		  November 2025 			SLEEP(1)

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