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>NAME</a></h1>

<p>sleep - suspend execution for a number of seconds.</p>

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>SYNOPSIS</a></h1>

<p>sleep <i>seconds</i></p>

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>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>

<p><i>true</i> exits succesfully.
<i>false</i> exits unsuccesfully.</p>

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>OPTIONS</a></h2>

<p><i>sleep</i> accepts the following options:</p>

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<dt><a name="-?"
>-?</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>

<dd>Print out a short help message,
then exit.</dd><p class="pad"></p>
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>ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>

<p>The working of <i>sleep</i> is not influenced by any environment variables.</p>

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>BUGS</a></h1>

<p><i>sleep</i> has no known bugs.</p>

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>REVISION HISTORY</a></h1>

<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'>    $Log: sleep.randy.html,v $
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'>    Revision 1.3  2004/08/05 14:23:17  cwest
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'>    cleanup, new version number on website
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    Revision 1.1  2004/07/23 20:10:16  cwest
    initial import

    Revision 1.0  1999/02/26 12:54:05  randy
    Initial revision</pre>

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>AUTHOR</a></h1>

<p>The Perl implementation of <i>sleep</i> was written by Randy Yarger, <i>randy.yarger@nextel.com</i>.</p>

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>COPYRIGHT and LICENSE</a></h1>

<p>This program is copyright by Randy Yarger 1999.</p>

<p>This program is free and open software. You may use, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others to do the same.</p>

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