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.TH SLEEP 1 "GNU Shell Utilities" "FSF" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
sleep \- delay for a specified amount of time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sleep
[\-\-help] [\-\-version] number[smhd]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be inaccurate
or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is now the authoritative source.
.PP
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
.BR sleep .
.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 s
seconds
.IP m
minutes
.IP h
hours
.IP d
days
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-\-help"
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
.TP
.I "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.