Aug 11, 2019 In the C language, sleep accepts integers that represent the number of milliseconds the program should wait, which means you need to call sleep(500) to wait half a second. Mar 30, 2020 The sleep command pauses the script for 1 second each time around the loop. The rest of the script clears the screen each iteration, displays the message, 'x seconds until blast off,' and subtracts 1 from the value of x. Without the sleep command, the script would zoom through, and the messages would display too quickly.
On Unix-like operating systems, the sleep command is used to delay for a specified amount of time.
This document covers the GNU/Linux version of sleep.
Description
The sleep command pauses for an amount of time defined by NUMBER.
SUFFIX may be 's' for seconds (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours, or 'd' for days.
C++ Sleep Command
Some implementations require that NUMBER be an integer, but modern Linux implementations allow NUMBER to also be a floating-point value.
If more than one NUMBER is specified, sleep delays for the sum of their values.
Syntax
Options
| --help | Display a help message, and exit. |
| --version | Display version information, and exit. |
Examples
Dev C++ Sleep Function
Delays for 10 seconds.
Related commands
date — Output the current date and time.
time — Report how long it takes for a command to execute.
wait — Await process completion.