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# usleep - Unix, Linux Command

# NAME

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.

Tag | Description
--- | ---
--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@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

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