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usleep — Delay execution for a specific interval in microseconds. Largely deprecated in favor of `nanosleep`.

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Problem

How to use the usleep command: Delay execution for a specific interval in microseconds. Largely deprecated in favor of nanosleep. See also: sleep. More information: <https://manned.org/usleep.1>.

Solution

usleep — Delay execution for a specific interval in microseconds. Largely deprecated in favor of nanosleep. See also: sleep. More information: <https://manned.org/usleep.1>.

Delay in microseconds:
usleep {{microseconds}}


Execute a specific command after a 500,000 microseconds delay:
usleep 500000 && {{command}}

Code Snippets

Delay in microseconds

usleep {{microseconds}}

Execute a specific command after a 500,000 microseconds delay

usleep 500000 && {{command}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/usleep

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