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.TH sleep 1 "18 August 1999" "GNU Shell Utilities 2.0"
.SH NAME
sleep \- delay for a specified amount of time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "sleep [" number [smhd] ... ]
.sp
.B sleep [\-\-help] [\-\-version]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sleep
pauses for an amount of time specified by the sum of the values of the
command line arguments.  Each argument is a number followed by an
optional unit; the default is seconds.  The units are:
.IP \fBs\fP
seconds
.IP \fBm\fP
minutes
.IP \fBh\fP
hours
.IP \fBd\fP
days
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-\-help"
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
.TP
.B "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
.SH NOTES
Report bugs to bug-sh-utils@gnu.org.
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