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10-27-2008

khestoi

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is there a timer function in unix without using C?
for example i want to display a message after 5 seconds
how do i do that?

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10-27-2008

Ikon

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Code:

sleep 5
echo "Boo!!"

Will wait 5 seconds then print Boo!!

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khestoi

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thanks

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