how to pause bash script code example
Example 1: 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 ..."
Example 2: pause bash script
function pause(){
read -s -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue . . ."
echo ""
}
## Pause it ##
pause
## rest of script below