====== Delay for fixed period of time =====

===== Synopsis =====

    sleep <seconds>

===== Examples =====

=== Sleep for 10 seconds ===

    sleep 10

===== Description =====

Do nothing for the specified number of seconds.  The sleep may be interrupted by pressing ''Ctrl-C''.

===== Command status =====

^ Success   | The sleep completed successfully  |
^ Failure   | The sleep was interrupted         |

===== See also =====

  * ''[[:cmd:sync]]''
  * [[:cmd|List of all iPXE commands]]