Purpose

Stop program execution, print out a message, and wait until
the user presses the <RETURN> key before exiting

Usage

pause [prompt]

Arguments

prompt = message to be printed on the terminal

Output

Message is printed on stdout

Restrictions

Prompts containing characters with special meaning to the shell
(e.g., *()!&#) must be enclosed within double quotes (").

Example

1) To pause program execution, use

pause

2) To pause and print a message, use

pause Tell the OA to stop guiding, then press RETURN