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sleep(1)							      sleep(1)

NAME
       sleep - suspend execution for an interval

SYNOPSIS
       time

DESCRIPTION
       suspends	 execution  for time seconds.  It is used to execute a command
       after a certain amount of time, as in:

       or to execute a command periodically, as in:

		  command

RETURN VALUE
       exits with one of the following values:

	      0	   The execution was successfully suspended for time  seconds,
		   or a SIGALRM signal was received.

	      >0   If  the  time operand is missing, is not a decimal integer,
		   is negative, or is greater than returns with exit status 2.

SEE ALSO
       alarm(2), sleep(3C).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								      sleep(1)
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