Editing Sleep (section)

=== Approach1: sleep ===
Tested on {{Linux}} & {{Mac}}<ref>[https://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/Perform_arithmetic_operations Perform arithmetic operations - Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial - A Beginner's handbook]</ref><ref>[https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-linux-sleep-command-to-pause-a-bash-script/ Linux Sleep Command (Pause a Bash Script) | Linuxize]</ref>
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# print current date & time
echo $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

# sleep 5 ~ 65 seconds
timeout=$(($RANDOM * 60 / 32768 + 5))
sleep $timeout

# print current date & time
echo $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
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Sleep couple [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsecond microsecond]s<ref>[https://serverfault.com/questions/151109/how-do-i-get-the-current-unix-time-in-milliseconds-in-bash How do I get the current Unix time in milliseconds in Bash? - Server Fault]</ref>. Tested on {{Linux}}

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# print current unix timestamp e.g. 1598346362244
date +%s%N

# sleep 1 millisecond = 0.001 seconds
sleep 0.001s

# print current unix timestamp
date +%s%N
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Sleep couple microseconds. Tested on {{Mac}}

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# print current unix timestamp e.g. 1598346362244
php -r 'echo microtime(TRUE) . PHP_EOL;'

# sleep 1 millisecond = 0.001 seconds
sleep 0.001s

# print current unix timestamp
php -r 'echo microtime(TRUE) . PHP_EOL;'
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Sleep couple microseconds. Tested on {{Mac}}

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# print current unix timestamp e.g. 1598346362244
Sleep couple microseconds. Tested on {{Mac}}

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# print current unix timestamp e.g. 1598346362244
php -r 'echo microtime(TRUE) . PHP_EOL;'

# sleep 1 millisecond = 0.001 seconds
sleep 0.001s

# print current unix timestamp
php -r 'echo microtime(TRUE) . PHP_EOL;'
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Sleep couple milliseconds (1 seconds = 1000 milliseconds) e.g. 1671090194.136471987<ref>[https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/135742/time-in-milliseconds-since-epoch-in-the-terminal macos - Time in milliseconds since epoch in the terminal - Ask Different]</ref>
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# print current unix timestamp in milliseconds e.g. 1671090194.136471987
perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%.9f\n", time'

# sleep 1 millisecond = 0.001 seconds
sleep 0.001s

# print current unix timestamp
perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%.9f\n", time'
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