Delay for a specified time, pause for an amount of time specified by the sum of the values of the command line arguments
Syntax
sleep [NUMBER [smhd]]...
Key:
s : seconds (default)
m : minutes
h : hours
d : days
"I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them
and women sleep with men so they can talk to them" - Jay
McInerney
Related:
nice - Change job scheduling priority
at(1) -
Equivalent Windows commands:
SLEEP - Wait for x seconds