In Python, you can use the time
module’s sleep
function to add a delay to your script. The sleep
function takes a single argument, which is the number of seconds to pause execution of the script.
Here’s an example that pauses the execution of the script for 5 seconds:
import time
print("Starting the script...")
time.sleep(5)
print("The script has resumed execution.")
In this example, the script will display the message “Starting the script…”, pause for 5 seconds, and then display the message “The script has resumed execution.”
The sleep
function is useful for adding delays to your scripts, for example, when you need to wait for a resource to become available or when you need to wait for a certain amount of time before performing the next step in your script.