Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic shell in linux help Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post bg kNIFE Posted at 7:39 pm on Feb. 1, 2007 I want to create a menu entry that echoes a text and waits some time or wait for any key to be pressed before it closes down. As it is now, I have it as "echo text..." but when I run it from start menu it closes down immediately after it executes. I forgot how to make it wait a while or wait for user input to close. Ideas?

Replies bg kNIFE Posted at 7:39 pm on Feb. 1, 2007 I want to create a menu entry that echoes a text and waits some time or wait for any key to be pressed before it closes down. As it is now, I have it as "echo text..." but when I run it from start menu it closes down immediately after it executes. I forgot how to make it wait a while or wait for user input to close. Ideas? All 4 previous replies displayed.