    SLEEP(I)                     11/1/73                     SLEEP(I)

    NAME
         sleep - suspend execution for an interval

    SYNOPSIS
         sleep time

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

              (sleep 105; command)&

         Or to execute a command every so often as in this shell com-
         mand file:

              : loop
              command
              sleep 37
              goto loop

    SEE ALSO
         sleep(II)

    BUGS
         Time must be less than 65536 seconds.

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