Gerhard Kroder wrote: > > qxm@facetious.penguinpowered.com wrote: > > > > Is there a way to put a 30 second pause in your bash script? > > ever RTFM for bash? it says: > > wait [n] huups, guess it's me to RTFM... of course you do not need (nor is it applicable) bash's builtin "wait" but the commmand "sleep" (man sleep). gerhard