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.TH SLEEP 1
.SH NAME
sleep, pause \- suspend execution for an interval
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sleep
.I n
.PP
.B pause
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Sleep
suspends its own execution for
.I n
seconds before returning.
.PP
.I Pause
never returns,
and is typically used to stop a command
interpreter reading any more from the standard input.
.SH SOURCE
.B /appl/cmd/sleep.b
.br
.B /appl/cmd/pause.b
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR sys-sleep (2)