SLEEP(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		      SLEEP(1)

     NAME
	  sleep - suspend execution for an interval

     SYNOPSIS
	  sleep time

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/STANDARD

	  Origin:   System V

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

	       (sleep 105; command)&

	  or to execute a command every so often, as in:

	       while true
	       do
		    command
		    sleep 37
	       done

     SEE ALSO
	  alarm(2), sleep(3C).

     BUGS
	  Time must be less than 65536 seconds.