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Emulate the DOS/Windows PAUSE command on Unix-like systems
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| #You probably want to put this in /usr/local/bin | |
| echo "Press Enter to continue... " | |
| read REPLY |
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| .TH PAUSE 1 | |
| .SH NAME | |
| pause - pause execution pending further input | |
| .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| .B pause | |
| .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| Pause execution and prompt for input to continue. This is an | |
| emulation of the DOS/Windows | |
| .B PAUSE | |
| command in a simple shell script. | |
| .SH BUGS | |
| Unlike the DOS command, this command does not accept any key to continue, | |
| only the Enter key. | |
| .SH AUTHOR | |
| Jack126Guy <someanon126@gmail.com> | |
| .SH COPYRIGHT | |
| The program and this manual are released into the public domain under | |
| Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal: | |
| <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/> | |
| .SH SEE ALSO | |
| .BR sleep (1), | |
| .BR sh (1) |
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