What does `sleep` with multiple arguments mean?
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I was wondering what differences are between
sleep 1 2 3
and
sleep 6
?
They seem the same. Thanks.
coreutils sleep
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I was wondering what differences are between
sleep 1 2 3
and
sleep 6
?
They seem the same. Thanks.
coreutils sleep
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Tim
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It is not recommended to use vondor specific feaures like this.
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I was wondering what differences are between
sleep 1 2 3
and
sleep 6
?
They seem the same. Thanks.
coreutils sleep
asked Jul 29 at 1:26
Tim
22.5k61222398
I was wondering what differences are between
sleep 1 2 3
and
sleep 6
?
They seem the same. Thanks.
coreutils sleep
asked Jul 29 at 1:26
Tim
22.5k61222398
asked Jul 29 at 1:26
Tim
22.5k61222398
asked Jul 29 at 1:26
Tim
22.5k61222398
asked Jul 29 at 1:26
Tim
22.5k61222398
22.5k61222398
It is not recommended to use vondor specific feaures like this.
– schily
Jul 29 at 9:44
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It is not recommended to use vondor specific feaures like this.
– schily
Jul 29 at 9:44
It is not recommended to use vondor specific feaures like this.
– schily
Jul 29 at 9:44
It is not recommended to use vondor specific feaures like this.
– schily
Jul 29 at 9:44
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it's like this so that you can use different time units together
sleep 183965
same effect as
sleep 2d 3h 6m 5s
But this second one is easier for humans to understand as two days, three hours, six minutes, and five seconds.
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1 Answer
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up vote
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it's like this so that you can use different time units together
sleep 183965
same effect as
sleep 2d 3h 6m 5s
But this second one is easier for humans to understand as two days, three hours, six minutes, and five seconds.
answered Jul 29 at 2:59
Jasen
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up vote
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accepted
it's like this so that you can use different time units together
sleep 183965
same effect as
sleep 2d 3h 6m 5s
But this second one is easier for humans to understand as two days, three hours, six minutes, and five seconds.
answered Jul 29 at 2:59
Jasen
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up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
it's like this so that you can use different time units together
sleep 183965
same effect as
sleep 2d 3h 6m 5s
But this second one is easier for humans to understand as two days, three hours, six minutes, and five seconds.
answered Jul 29 at 2:59
Jasen
1,925713
it's like this so that you can use different time units together
sleep 183965
same effect as
sleep 2d 3h 6m 5s
But this second one is easier for humans to understand as two days, three hours, six minutes, and five seconds.
answered Jul 29 at 2:59
Jasen
1,925713
answered Jul 29 at 2:59
Jasen
1,925713
answered Jul 29 at 2:59
Jasen
1,925713
answered Jul 29 at 2:59
Jasen
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It is not recommended to use vondor specific feaures like this.
– schily
Jul 29 at 9:44