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.sleep NUMBER[SUFFIX] #Just use this command structure to wait/sleep
#Example:
sleep 5m #sleeps 5 minutes
sleep 0.1 #sleeps 0.1 seconds or 100 miliseconds
#Suffixes
s - seconds (default)
m - minutes
h - hours
d - days
When no suffix is specified, it defaults to seconds.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.
#pause 5 second, first method
read -t 5
#pause 5 second, second method
sleep 5sfunction pause(){
read -s -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue . . ."
echo ""
}
## Pause it ##
pause
## rest of script below#!/bin/bash
echo "Time Before Sleep Statement:"
date +"%H:%M:%S"
sleep 3
echo "Time After Sleep Statement:"
date +"%H:%M:%S"