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pretty-delay-cli
Advanced tools
Delay execution for a given amount of seconds, but prettily

Cross-platform countdown timer - similar to the *nix
sleep command - but with pretty ascii-art.
Originally a fork of delay-cli, but now rewritten.
$ npm install pretty-delay-cli
Usage
$ delay <seconds>
Example
$ delay 4.3 && echo 🦄
import delay from 'pretty-delay-cli'
(async () => {
await delay(4.3) // delay for 4.3 seconds
...
})()
// CJS
const delay = require('pretty-delay-cli')
delay(4.3).then(() => { // delay for 4.3 seconds
...
})
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Standard Github contribution workflow applies.
$ npm run test
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FAQs
Delay execution for a given amount of seconds, but prettily
We found that pretty-delay-cli demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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