sleep shell command code example

Example 1: pause in bash

#pause 5 second, first method
read -t 5

#pause 5 second, second method
sleep 5s

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