This is an alternative for sleep [i]n[/i]
function wait(){
BOGUS=`read -n1 -t1 any_key`
BOGUS=''
}
If you have sleep available, you rather use sleep then this method! i.e.
$N=1;
while :
do
echo "$N"
sleep 1
let N=$N+1;
done
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