{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "sleep",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/sleep/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T05:11:42Z",
    "synopsis": "sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...\nsleep OPTION",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "sleep - delay for a specified amount of time\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...\nsleep OPTION\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Pause  for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be 's' for seconds (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h'\nfor hours or 'd' for days.  NUMBER need not be an integer.   Given  two  or  more  arguments,\npause for the amount of time specified by the sum of their values.\n\n--help display this help and exit\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "content": "output version information and exit\n",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "REPORTING BUGS": {
            "content": "GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>\nReport any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "Copyright  ©  2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later\n<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "sleep(3)\n\nFull documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>\nor available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'\n\n\n\nGNU coreutils 8.32                          January 2026                                    SLEEP(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "sleep - delay for a specified amount of time",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "output version information and exit"
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}