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@@ -18248,6 +18248,13 @@ non-negative integer argument without a suffix, GNU @command{sleep}
also accepts two or more arguments, unit suffixes, and floating-point
numbers in either the current or the C locale. @xref{Floating point}.
+For instance, the following could be used to @command{sleep} for
+1 second, 234 milli-, 567 micro- and 890 nanoseconds:
+
+@example
+sleep 1234e-3 567.89e-6
+@end example
+
The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}. @xref{Common
options}.