sleep
Less than 1 minute
sleep
Suspends the shell for a number of seconds
Description
sleep
is an optional builtin which suspends the shell for a defined number of seconds.
Usage
sleep integer
Examples
» sleep 5
# murex sleeps for 5 seconds
Detail
sleep
is very simplistic - particularly when compared to its GNU coreutil (for example) counterpart. If you want to use the sleep
binary on Linux or similar platforms then you will need to launch with the exec
builtin:
» exec sleep 5
See Also
exec
: Runs an executablesource
: Import Murex code from another file of code blocktime
: Returns the execution run time of a command or block
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