Utilities
sleep
Pauses execution for a specified amount of time.
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Verified: 2025-10-08
Syntax
$sleep [ZAHL[SUFFIX]]
Examples
$sleep 5
$sleep 1m
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
sleep --help
Note
Suffixes: s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days).
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