sleepSuspends the shell for a number of seconds
sleep is an optional builtin which suspends the shell
for a defined number of seconds.
sleep integer» sleep 5
# murex sleeps for 5 secondssleep is very simplistic - particularly when compared to
its GNU coreutil (for example) counterpart. If you want to use the
sleep binary on Linux or similar platforms then you will
need to launch with the exec builtin:
» exec sleep 5exec): Runs an executablesource): Import Murex code from another file or code
blocktime): Returns the execution run time of a command or
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