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Author Pause/Hold in Perl
Anthony J Segelhorst

2004-03-30, 11:33 am

Is there a way in Perl to have a script wait 30 seconds before it
continues processing? Like or a pause or hold?

Anthony J Segelhorst
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James Edward Gray II

2004-03-30, 11:33 am

On Mar 30, 2004, at 9:43 AM, Anthony J Segelhorst wrote:

> Is there a way in Perl to have a script wait 30 seconds before it
> continues processing? Like or a pause or hold?


Yes:

sleep 30;

James

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