File: sh-utils.info,  Node: sleep invocation,  Up: Delaying

`sleep': Delay for a specified time
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   `sleep' pauses for an amount of time specified by the sum of the
values of the command line arguments.  Synopsis:

     sleep [NUMBER[smhd]]...

   Each argument is a number followed by an optional unit; the default
is seconds.  The units are:

`s'
     seconds

`m'
     minutes

`h'
     hours

`d'
     days

   The only options are `--help' and `--version'.  *Note Common
options::.

