NAME
    sleep - delay for a specified amount of time

SYNOPSIS
    sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX]...
    sleep OPTION

DESCRIPTION
    Pause for NUMBER seconds. SUFFIX may be `s' for seconds (the default),
    `m' for minutes, `h' for hours or `d' for days. Unlike most implemen-
    tations that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbi-
    trary floating point number.

    --help display this help and exit

    --version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
    Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
    The full documentation for sleep is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
    the info and sleep programs are properly installed at your site, the
    command

    info sleep

    should give you access to the complete manual.