pause bash code example
Example 1: 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.
Example 2: pause in bash
#pause 5 second, first method
read -t 5
#pause 5 second, second method
sleep 5s
Example 3: 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 4: pause bash script
function pause(){
read -s -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue . . ."
echo ""
}
## Pause it ##
pause
## rest of script below