Start-Sleep

Suspends the activity in a script or session for the specified period of time. PowerShell reference

From the PowerShell reference 2 parameters Alias sleep

What it does

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

Start-Sleep [-Seconds] <Int32> [<CommonParameters>]

Start-Sleep -Milliseconds <Int32> [<CommonParameters>]

Pause execution for 1 second

Start-Sleep -Seconds 1Identify

Pause execution at the command line

PS> Get-Date; Start-Sleep -Seconds 5; Get-Date

Friday, May 13, 2022 9:38:15 AM
Friday, May 13, 2022 9:38:20 AM

Identify

Its page in the reference: Start-Sleep.

Parameters

2 in the PowerShell reference

-MillisecondsSpecifies how long the resource sleeps in milliseconds. The parameter can be abbreviated as m.

-SecondsSpecifies how long the resource sleeps in seconds. You can omit the parameter name or you can abbreviate it as s.