# sleep command

The sleep command suspends further processing
until the specified time expression is exhausted or reached.

D3 supports the specification of milliseconds in *expression*. For example, to sleep for one and a half seconds,
the user can use sleep 1.5.

## Syntax

```
sleep expression
```

## Parameter(s)

| expression | Specifies the number of seconds to suspend processing or the time to resume processing in the format hh:mm{:ss}. Hours are specified from 00 (midnight) to 23 (11:00 PM). Minutes and seconds are specified from 00 to 59. |
| --- | --- |

## Example(s)

Puts the process to sleep for
10 minutes.

```
sleep 600
```
Puts the process to sleep until one second before midnight.

```
sleep 23:59:59
```

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Source: https://d3codex.com/tcl/sleep-command/ - part of the D3Codex reference.