Linux sleep command details

Sleep command details

The linux sleep command is used to sleep for a period of time. sleep can be used to delay the current action for a period of time. The unit of time is: second (s), minute (m), hour (h), Day (d)

The usage is as follows:

Sleep Number (suffix)

The default unit is seconds)

Sleep 1 = sleep 1 s

Sleep 0.01

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Differences between linux sleep and windows sleep

In linux, sleep is measured in seconds, that is, sleep 1000 means 1000 seconds of sleep. In windows, if the sleep function is called in milliseconds, sleep (1000) it is 1 second of sleep.

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Use and difference of sleep () and usleep () in Linux

Usleep function in Linux

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In Linux, the thread calls sleep and the process is suspended.