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Sleep and Wait in Linux

What is the difference between Sleep and Wait in Linux ?
Asked by: rajges | Member Since Sep-2011 | Asked on: Sep 27th, 2011

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Anand Trimbake

Answered On : Nov 22nd, 2011

The wait command man page simply states that it pauses script execution until a specified process ID completes.

The man page for the sleep command is a single line stating that it causes a script to pause for specified period of time.

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