Pause bash script

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

Similar codes

0 vote131 views1 answer
Undo git pull origin master into feature branch
Shell/Bash
33 votes135 views1 answer
See list of globally installed npm packages mac
Shell/Bash
0 vote150 views2 answers
Install espanso debian linux without snap
Shell/Bash
4 votes130 views6 answers
Execute php file from command line
Shell/Bash
0 vote134 views1 answer
Cannot find module '@angular/fire/messaging' or its corresponding type declarations
Shell/Bash
0 vote135 views1 answer
Maven update pom version multi module
Shell/Bash
0 vote342 views1 answer
Docker compose unless stopped
Shell/Bash
0 vote147 views1 answer
How to solve the time stamp is in the future error when you unpack a tar file on a system where the clock is behind the system clock on which you created the tar archive
Shell/Bash
3 votes138 views3 answers
Git show files modified since commit
Shell/Bash
1 vote125 views1 answer
Uninstall/remove libreoffice from ubuntu
Shell/Bash