SLEEP(1)			 User Commands			      SLEEP(1)



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.  Unlike most  implemen
       tations	that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbi
       trary floating point number.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of	it  under  the
       terms	   of	    the      GNU      General	   Public      License
       .	There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for sleep is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and sleep programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

	      info sleep

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sleep 5.97			 January 2007			      SLEEP(1)