# sleep(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       sleep - delay for a specified amount of time

## SYNOPSIS
       **sleep** _NUMBER_[_SUFFIX_]...
       **sleep** _OPTION_

## DESCRIPTION
       Pause  for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be 's' for seconds (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h'
       for hours or 'd' for days.  NUMBER need not be an integer.   Given  two  or  more  arguments,
       pause for the amount of time specified by 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
       GNU coreutils online help: <<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>>
       Report any translation bugs to <<https://translationproject.org/team/>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2020 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/sleep/3/markdown)

       Full documentation <<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sleep>>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sleep invocation'



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