Everyone who ever tried to automate routine tasks in windows knows that there is no sleep() program or its analogue. At least in default windows installation.

But there is quite an unexpected workaround:

ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul

will stop batch execution for 2 seconds. (Replace 2 with your number for longer pause.)

Very simple and neat. Or is it?

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