Looks like it isn't possible to use sleep to do this. According to the manpage, it can only be used to sleep for a specified amount of time, which it says can be seconds, minutes, hours or days. Lorenzo All extremists should be taken out and shot. Mike Keithley staggered into view and mumbled: > Is it possible to tell sleep to "sleep" until a time like 20:00:00 (8 pm). > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >