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How can I make my shell script pause before continuing?

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    instead of assuming it doesn't exist, maybe you should assume you were unable to find it? Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 17:37

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You mean sleep? Or do you want to have something that waits for input before continuing? You can do that with a read call.

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  • read is what I was looking for! Unfortunately, it's not present in my embedded system (using busybox).. :( Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 20:56
  • @Tom Brito: read is a shell builtin; you won't find it in /bin. Does it really not work in your busybox shell? (it works in mine, but I guess maybe its possible to compile busybox w/o it) Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 21:37
  • @derobert ops! yes, it's there! sorry Commented Mar 16, 2011 at 19:46
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He might also be looking for CTRL-Z, which pauses the current process.

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  • not, I'm looking for a command line.. Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 20:58

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