View the Most Wanted LQ Wiki articles.
LinuxQuestions.org > Linux Wiki > Sleep

From LQWiki

Jump to: navigation, search

The sleep command delays for a specified amount of time.

Example usage

wait for 1 second:

$ sleep 1

wait for 1 minute:

$ sleep 1m

wait for 1 hour:

$ sleep 1h

wait for 1 day:

$ sleep 1d

See also

Retrieved from "http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Sleep"

Personal tools