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<title>sleep(1) - Plan 9 from User Space</title>
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<tr><td width=20><td><b>SLEEP(1)</b><td align=right><b>SLEEP(1)</b>
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<p><font size=+1><b>NAME     </b></font><br>

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    sleep &ndash; suspend execution for an interval<br>
    
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<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS     </b></font><br>

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    <tt><font size=+1>sleep</font></tt> <i>time<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION     </b></font><br>

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    <i>Sleep</i> suspends execution for <i>time</i> seconds.<br>
    
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<p><font size=+1><b>EXAMPLES     </b></font><br>

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    Execute a command 100 seconds hence.<br>
    
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        <tt><font size=+1>{sleep 100; command}&amp;<br>
        
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    Repeat a command every 30 seconds.<br>
    
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        <tt><font size=+1>while (){<br>
        
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            command<br>
            sleep 30<br>
            
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<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE     </b></font><br>

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    <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/sleep.c<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO     </b></font><br>

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    <a href="../man3/sleep.html"><i>sleep</i>(3)</a><br>
    
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