sleep is a command-line utility that allows you to suspends the calling process for a specified time. In other words, the sleep command pauses the execution of the next command for a given number of seconds.
The sleep command is useful when used within a bash shell script, for example, when retrying a failed operation or inside a loop.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to use the Linux sleep command.
How to Use the sleep Command
The syntax for the sleep command is as follows:
sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
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The NUMBER may be a positive integer or a floating-point number.
The SUFFIX may be one of the following:
s- seconds (default)m- minutesh- hoursd- days
When no suffix is specified, it defaults to seconds.
When two or more arguments are given, the total amount of time is equivalent to the sum of their values.
#sleep #linux sleep #bash script #bash
