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   1 .\" -*-nroff-*-
   2 .de hP
   3 .IP
   4 .ft B
   5 \h'-\w'\\$1\ 'u'\\$1\ \c
   6 .ft P
   7 ..
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   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>