github.com/lmorg/murex@v0.0.0-20240217211045-e081c89cd4ef/docs/optional/sleep.md (about) 1 # `sleep` 2 3 > Suspends the shell for a number of seconds 4 5 ## Description 6 7 `sleep` is an optional builtin which suspends the shell for a defined number 8 of seconds. 9 10 ## Usage 11 12 ``` 13 sleep integer 14 ``` 15 16 ## Examples 17 18 ``` 19 » sleep 5 20 # murex sleeps for 5 seconds 21 ``` 22 23 ## Detail 24 25 `sleep` is very simplistic - particularly when compared to its GNU coreutil 26 (for example) counterpart. If you want to use the `sleep` binary on Linux 27 or similar platforms then you will need to launch with the `exec` builtin: 28 29 ``` 30 » exec sleep 5 31 ``` 32 33 ## See Also 34 35 * [`exec`](../commands/exec.md): 36 Runs an executable 37 * [`source`](../commands/source.md): 38 Import Murex code from another file of code block 39 * [`time`](../commands/time.md): 40 Returns the execution run time of a command or block 41 42 <hr/> 43 44 This document was generated from [builtins/optional/time/sleep_doc.yaml](https://github.com/lmorg/murex/blob/master/builtins/optional/time/sleep_doc.yaml).