Quick Answer: How Do I Sleep a Process in Linux?

Quick Answer: How Do I Sleep a Process in Linux?
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First, find the pid of the running process using ps command. Then, pause it using kill -STOP , and then hibernate your system. Resume your system and resume the stopped process using command kill -CONT .

How do you make a process sleep in Linux?

/bin/sleep is Linux or Unix command to delay for a specified amount of time. You can suspend the calling shell script for a specified time. For example, pause for 10 seconds or stop execution for 2 mintues. In other words, the sleep command pauses the execution on the next shell command for a given time.

How do you suspend a process in Unix?

Suspending the foreground job

You can (usually) tell Unix to suspend the job that is currently connected to your terminal by typing Control-Z (hold the control key down, and type the letter z). The shell will inform you that the process has been suspended, and it will assign the suspended job a job ID.

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