usleep (1) Linux Manual Page

usleep – sleep some number of microseconds

Synopsis

usleep [number]

Description

usleep sleeps some number of microseconds. The default is 1.

Options

–usage Show short usage message.

–help, -?

Print help information.

-v, –version

Print version information.

Bugs

Probably not accurate on many machines down to the microsecond. Count on precision only to -4 or maybe -5.

Author

Donald Barnes <djb [at] redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt [at] redhat.com>