On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:59:12 -0400 Tim Tebbit wrote: > sleep? > > RESPONSE="Z" > sleep 1 > echo ...... > while But wouldn't this pause for one second? I want it to pause until I'm ready to start again, which will be a variable period. - Richard -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/