How to add Sleep to PowerShell Script

If you want to add a sleep (delay) to your PowerShell script, you need to make use of the Start-Sleep cmdlet,

Let's take a look at a few examples.

Example 1: One-Liner Sleep

echo "Sleeping for 10 seconds"; Start-Sleep -Seconds 10; echo "Done!"

Sleeping for 10 seconds
Done!

Example 2: Sleep with Script

$numbers = 1..10

foreach ($num in $numbers) {
    # Sleep for 1 seconds
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
    Write-Host $num
}

./powershell-sleep-script.ps1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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