USLEEP

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Red Hat, Inc
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NAME

usleep - sleep some number of microseconds  

SYNOPSIS

usleep [number]  

DESCRIPTION

usleep sleeps some number of microseconds. The default is 1.  

OPTIONS

--usage Show short usage message.
--help, -?
Print help information.
-v, --version
Print version information.
 

BUGS

Probably not accurate on many machines down to the microsecond. Count on precision only to -4 or maybe -5.  

AUTHOR

Donald Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>