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sleep

Delay for a specified amount of time. More information: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sleep.html.
  • Delay in seconds:
    sleep {{seconds}}
  • Execute a specific command after 20 seconds delay:
    sleep 20 && {{command}}

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