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UNIX Command for Delay

give UNIX command to wait for a specified number of seconds before exit.

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Last Update: September 14, 2009 Asked by: harishdude

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Submitted by: vinay.ashokpatil

you can use Sleep s command where s is seconds

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shumi

May 07, 2008 00:08:31

wow_suraj

Member Since: May 2008 Contribution: 22

RE: UNIX Command for Delay

'at' command can be used to set a time you want to execute particular action i.e. mention time after 'at' and the action (exit) command that needs to be executed.

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June 25, 2008 08:24:43

vinay.ashokpatil

Member Since: June 2008 Contribution: 1

RE: UNIX Command for Delay

you can use Sleep s command where s is seconds

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November 03, 2008 06:53:02

geekyweeky

Member Since: November 2008 Contribution: 1

RE: UNIX Command for Delay

$sleep 10
where it sleeps for 10 seconds

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August 02, 2009 13:26:29

shumi

Member Since: December 2007 Contribution: 9

RE: UNIX Command for Delay

'at' command is used for scheduling jobs not for delay

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September 13, 2009 11:33:40

PriyadharshiniNaveenKumar

Member Since: September 2009 Contribution: 1

RE: UNIX Command for Delay

Sleep n

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