Pausing a script (like MSDOS pause command)

---- dataentry snipplet ---- snipplet_tags: terminal, pause, input LastUpdate_dt: 2010-07-31 Contributors: Jan Schampera type: snipplet

From the example section of the read command, something that acts similar to the MSDOS pause command:

pause() {
  local dummy
  read -s -r -p "Press any key to continue..." -n 1 dummy
}