sleep(1)

NAME
     sleep - suspend execution for an interval

SYNOPSIS
     sleep time

DESCRIPTION
     sleep suspends execution for time seconds.  It is used to execute a
     command after a certain amount of time, as in:

          (sleep 105; command)&

     or to execute a command every so often, as in:

          while true
          do
               command
               sleep 37
          done

FILES
     /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
          language-specific message file (see LANG on environ(5))

SEE ALSO
     alarm(2), sleep(3C)