SLEEP.exe – Windows CMD Command
Delay execution for a few seconds/minutes (for use within a batch file.)
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Syntax SLEEP time Key time The number of seconds to pause |
Example
Pause for 10 seconds before running the next command in a batch file:SLEEP 10
Alternative
A delay can also be produced by the PING command with a loopback address (127.0.0.1), in tests this consumes less processor time than Sleep.exe or Timeout.exe:
e.g. for a delay of 30 seconds:PING -n 31 127.0.0.1>nul
See Clay Calvert’s newsgroup posting for a full explanation of this technique.
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