Start-Sleep - Powershell 2.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

Start-Sleep

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Short description
Suspends the activity in a script or session for the specified period of time.

Syntax
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds <int> [<CommonParameters>]

Start-Sleep [-Seconds] <int> [<CommonParameters>]

Description
The Start-Sleep cmdlet suspends the activity in a script or session for the specified period of time. You can use i
t for many tasks, such as waiting for an operation to complete or pausing before repeating an operation.