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.TH pause 1 "27 October 1999"
.SH "NAME"
pause \- wait for a period of time, or for a keypress
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B pause
.RI [ time ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The
.B pause
program will wait until one of the following conditions is true:
.hP \*o
Standard input is a terminal, and a key has been pressed on the terminal
since the program started.
.hP \*o
A time limit was specified on the command line, and sufficient time has
elapsed since the program started.
.hP \*o
The program received a fatal signal.
.PP
The time limit is given as a positive real number, followed by a suffix
of
.RB ` d ',
.RB ` h ',
.RB ` m '
or
.RB ` s '
denoting days, hours, minutes or seconds (which are the default).
.PP
The standard GNU help options are understood:
.B \-\-help
(which may be abbreviated as
.BR \-h )
prints a description of the program to standard output and exits;
.B \-\-version
.RB ( \-v )
prints the version number and exits; and
.B \-\-usage
.RB ( \-u )
prints a brief usage summary and exits.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR sleep (1).
.SH "AUTHOR"
Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
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	10	.TH pause 1 "27 October 1999"
	11	.SH "NAME"
	12	pause \- wait for a period of time, or for a keypress
	13	.SH "SYNOPSIS"
	14	.B pause
	15	.RI [ time ]
	16	.SH "DESCRIPTION"
	17	The
	18	.B pause
	19	program will wait until one of the following conditions is true:
	20	.hP \*o
	21	Standard input is a terminal, and a key has been pressed on the terminal
	22	since the program started.
	23	.hP \*o
	24	A time limit was specified on the command line, and sufficient time has
	25	elapsed since the program started.
	26	.hP \*o
	27	The program received a fatal signal.
	28	.PP
	29	The time limit is given as a positive real number, followed by a suffix
	30	of
	31	.RB ` d ',
	32	.RB ` h ',
	33	.RB ` m '
	34	or
	35	.RB ` s '
	36	denoting days, hours, minutes or seconds (which are the default).
	37	.PP
	38	The standard GNU help options are understood:
	39	.B \-\-help
	40	(which may be abbreviated as
	41	.BR \-h )
	42	prints a description of the program to standard output and exits;
	43	.B \-\-version
	44	.RB ( \-v )
	45	prints the version number and exits; and
	46	.B \-\-usage
	47	.RB ( \-u )
	48	prints a brief usage summary and exits.
	49	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	50	.BR sleep (1).
	51	.SH "AUTHOR"
71d8432e	52	Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>