Answer: How do I pause my shell script for a second before continuing?

answer re: How do I pause my shell script for a second before continuing?

Feb 7 '14

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Use the sleep command.

Example:

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.

One can also employ decimals when specifying a time…

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