introduces a constant delay between its standard input and its standard output. The data from its stdin will be stored until it has been written to stdout. The required delay argument specifies the delay time in millisecond. supports the following options: delay
delay is the desired delay time, in milliseconds. The following modifiers are accepted:
12s means 12 seconds
12m means 12 minutes
12h means 12 hours
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 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