How do I pause my shell script for a second before continuing?
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 unit; e.g. sleep 1.5s