# How to run \`sleep 1; echo "hello"\` in Shell in Julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-run-sleep-1-echo-hello-in-shell-in-julia/36483>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-run-sleep-1-echo-hello-in-shell-in-julia/36483 "2020-03-25T11:41:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![paalon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paalon/32/5784_2.png) [@paalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paalon)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-run-sleep-1-echo-hello-in-shell-in-julia/36483/1 "2020-03-25T11:41:48Z")

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I want to run

```bash
sleep 1; echo "hello"

```

in Shell in Julia. However,

```julia
run(`sleep 1; echo "hello"`)

```

doesn’t work correctly due to `;` but I can’t find how to change the code. Can anyone help me?

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-run-sleep-1-echo-hello-in-shell-in-julia/36483/2 "2020-03-25T11:53:43Z")

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```julia
run(`sleep`)
run(`echo "hello"`)

```

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**Author:** ![oheil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oheil/32/220745_2.png) [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-run-sleep-1-echo-hello-in-shell-in-julia/36483/3 "2020-03-25T12:20:05Z")

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Or:

```julia
run(`bash -c 'sleep 1; echo "hello"'`)

```