| 1 | .\" -*-nroff-*- |
| 2 | .de hP |
| 3 | .IP |
| 4 | .ft B |
| 5 | \h'-\w'\\$1\ 'u'\\$1\ \c |
| 6 | .ft P |
| 7 | .. |
| 8 | .ie t .ds o \(bu |
| 9 | .el .ds o o |
| 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" |
| 52 | Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk> |