delay execution within a batch file for a specified number of milliseconds with the free open source sfk sleep command for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

• Download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
• Open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
• OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
• Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk. OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk sleep time[s|m|h]

delay execution for a number of milliseconds,
seconds, minutes or hours.

with just a numeric value, milliseconds are used.

since sfk 1.9.9 sleep also accepts:
   1s  or 1sec  is one second.
   1m  or 1min  is one minute.
   1h  or 1hour is one hour.

web reference
   http://stahlworks.com/sfk-sleep

usage example:

   runapache.bat:
   start sfk sleep 3000 +tail -f logs\access.log -pat "GET * 404 "
   apache.exe

      creates an error log viewer, and runs apache in parallel.
      sfk will wait 3 seconds before tail goes active.
 
 

sfk sleep time[s|m|h]

delay execution for a number of 
milliseconds, seconds, minutes or hours.

with just a numeric value, milliseconds are 
used.

since sfk 1.9.9 sleep also accepts:
   1s  or 1sec  is one second.
   1m  or 1min  is one minute.
   1h  or 1hour is one hour.

web reference
   http://stahlworks.com/sfk-sleep


usage example:

   runapache.bat:
   start sfk sleep 3000 +tail -f logs\
   access.log -pat "GET * 404 " apache.
   exe

      creates an error log viewer, and runs 
      apache in parallel. sfk will wait 3
      seconds before tail goes active.
 
 

read more about all sfk functions

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