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Diffstat (limited to 'bin/sleep/sleep.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/sleep/sleep.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sleep/sleep.1 b/bin/sleep/sleep.1 index 3ce82936a0e7..85086acec5ad 100644 --- a/bin/sleep/sleep.1 +++ b/bin/sleep/sleep.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)sleep.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 31, 2020 +.Dd May 24, 2022 .Dt SLEEP 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -40,21 +40,21 @@ .Nd suspend execution for an interval of time .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Ar number[unit] +.Ar number[unit] ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -command -suspends execution for a minimum of +command suspends execution for a minimum of .Ar number seconds (the default, or unit .Ar s ) , -or minutes (unit +minutes (unit .Ar m ) , hours (unit .Ar h ) , or days (unit .Ar d ) . +If multiple arguments are passed, the delay will be the sum of all values. .Pp If the .Nm @@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ The .Nm command allows and honors a non-integer number of seconds to sleep in any form acceptable by -.Xr strtod 3 . -This is a non-portable extension, but is also implemented in GNU sh-utils -since version 2.0a (released in 2002). +.Xr strtod 3 and it accepts more than one delay value. +These are non-portable extensions, but they have also been implemented +in GNU sh-utils since version 2.0a (released in 2002). .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES |