DELAY(1)

📦 version 1.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ DELAY(1) ✨

okay bestie, listen up 💖 this is the manual page for delay, and it's genuinely one of the most useful little gremlins in your toolbox. it's a constant delay generator — yes, that's the whole personality, and it ate. 💅

This page is from Version 1.0, dated 21 Nov 2018, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section of the User Commands family. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

delay — a constant delay generator ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

delay [-b bufsize] [delay]

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So here's the vibe: delay introduces a constant delay between its standard input and its standard output. fr fr, that's it, that's the job. 🫶

The data from its stdin will be stored until it has been written to stdout. no cap — it holds onto your bytes until it's their turn to shine. 👑

The required delay argument specifies the delay time in millisecond. (yes, singular, that's what the page says, we don't question it 😭)

🎀 the options 🎀

delay supports the following options, bestie:

  • delay — this is the desired delay time, in milliseconds. The following modifiers are accepted:
    • 12s means 12 seconds ⏱️
    • 12m means 12 minutes 🕰️
    • 12h means 12 hours 🕛
  • -b bufsize — the buffer size stores the data until it has been written to stdout, in bytes. The following modifiers are accepted:
    • 12k means 12Kb 📦
    • 12m means 12Mb 🧚
    • 12g means 12Gb 🌈
ngl the 12m showing up in both lists is giving "read carefully, bestie" energy. 👀

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

delay the output of command_A to command_B by 5 seconds:

$ command_A | delay 5s | command_B

delay the output of command_A to command_B by 5 seconds with 10MB buffer:

$ command_A | delay -b 10m 5s | command_B

look at that pipeline. main character energy, honestly. 💖

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Romain Vimont <rom@rom1v.com> — icon behavior, we stan. 🌟

🏠 HOME 🏠

https://github.com/rom1v/delay — go say hi, it's the source of truth. 🦋

okay that's the whole page, you're basically a delay expert now, periodt. 💅 this cutie was packaged up by Debian back on Nov 21, 2018, and it's Version 1.0 — so if you ever need to hold some bytes back for a sec, you know exactly where to find it. mwah. 🎀💖✨

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