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| if ! read -sn 1 -t 5 -p "Will resume in 5 seconds. Press any key to abort..." | echo -n "Press a key within 5 seconds to cancel." if ! read -sn 1 -t 5 |
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| For those of you who just want to pause for a while, regardless of the user's input, use `sleep`: | If you just want to pause for a while, regardless of the user's input, use `sleep`: |
Is there a "PAUSE" command in bash like there is in MSDOS batch scripts? To prompt the user to press any key to continue?
Use the following to wait until the user presses enter:
# Bash read -p "Press [enter] to continue..." # Bourne echo "Press [enter] to continue..." read junk
Or use the following to wait until the user presses any key to continue:
# Bash read -sn 1 -p "Press any key to continue..."
If you want to put a timeout on that, use the -t option to read:
# Bash echo "WARNING: You are about to do something stupid." echo -n "Press a key within 5 seconds to cancel." if ! read -sn 1 -t 5 then something_stupid fi
If you just want to pause for a while, regardless of the user's input, use sleep:
echo "The script is tired. Please wait a minute." sleep 60