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Let us start by exploring the syntax of the sleep command in Linux.

Over the following few sections, we will show how you can use the sleep command to pause the execution of the terminal or a script. Sleep will allow you to pause the execution of the script for a specific amount of time.įor example, if you were using a script to download files from a website, you can use Linux’s sleep command to pause execution between each download.Ī script can be slept from any time, from a few milliseconds, up to days. This command is most useful when it is utilized within a bash script. The sleep command in Linux allows you to temporarily pause the shell, waiting for a specified amount of time before executing the next command.