Pause in bash

Sh wait 10 seconds

sleep .5 # Waits 0.5 second.
sleep 5  # Waits 5 seconds.
sleep 5s # Waits 5 seconds.
sleep 5m # Waits 5 minutes.
sleep 5h # Waits 5 hours.
sleep 5d # Waits 5 days.

Source: stackoverflow.com

Bash wait 3 seconda

sleep .5 # Waits 0.5 second.
sleep 5  # Waits 5 seconds.
sleep 5s # Waits 5 seconds.
sleep 5m # Waits 5 minutes.
sleep 5h # Waits 5 hours.
sleep 5d # Waits 5 days.

Source: stackoverflow.com

Pause bash script

function pause(){
 read -s -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue . . ."
 echo ""
}
 
## Pause it ##
pause
 
## rest of script below

Source: cyberciti.biz

Bash add pause prompt in a shell script with bash pause command

read -p "Press [Enter] key to start backup..."
read -p "Press any key to resume ..."
## Bash add pause prompt for 5 seconds ##
read -t 5 -p "I am going to wait for 5 seconds only ..."

Source: cyberciti.biz

Pause in bash

#pause 5 second, first method
read -t 5

#pause 5 second, second method
sleep 5s

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