wait for 5 seconds in shell script

gopsman · August 30, 2007, 5:17am

hi

how can i wait for 5 seconds inside my shell script? 'wait 5' command doesnot seem to be working?

vino · August 30, 2007, 5:28am

What exactly is the scenario. You can use sleep 10 to sleep for 10 seconds.

namishtiwari · August 30, 2007, 5:47am

Use sleep command instead of wait, and the wait time you can put accordingly.

Thanks
Namish