# How to create a nicer pause... **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [September 17, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-nicer-pause/22578 "2016-09-17T12:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Krist\_van\_Besien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Krist\_van\_Besien](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Krist_van_Besien)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-nicer-pause/22578/1 "2016-09-17T12:41:45Z")
Hi all, In one of my playbooks I need to build in a fairly long pause. So I have this task: - name: Pause for 20 minutes pause: minutes=20 This works, but has the disadvantage that for 20 minutes nothing appears to happen on the screen. I would like to give a bit of feedback. Like a message “still waiting, x minutes to go” every 30 seconds or so. What would be the best way to do this? Krist ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-nicer-pause/22578/2 "2016-09-19T19:21:12Z")
It's not pretty, but it gives a feedback every 30 seconds.    - name: Pause      pause:        seconds=30      with\_sequence: start=40 end=0 stride=-1 ---
**Author:** ![Krist\_van\_Besien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Krist\_van\_Besien](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Krist_van_Besien)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-nicer-pause/22578/3 "2016-09-21T12:09:37Z")
That works. But this is indeed not that pretty. Is there a way to get rid of the prompt? I think I might in stead create a loop that just executes “sleep 30”… Krist ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-nicer-pause/22578/4 "2016-09-21T12:47:36Z")
> > \> Hi all, > > \> > > \> In one of my playbooks I need to build in a fairly long pause. > > \> > > \> So I have this task: > > \> > > \> - name: Pause for 20 minutes > > \> pause: minutes=20 > > \> > > \> This works, but has the disadvantage that for 20 minutes nothing appears > > to > > \> happen on the screen. I would like to give a bit of feedback. Like a > > \> message "still waiting, x minutes to go" every 30 seconds or so. What > > would > > \> be the best way to do this? > > > > It's not pretty, but it gives a feedback every 30 seconds. > > > >    - name: Pause > >      pause: > >        seconds=30 > >      with\_sequence: start=40 end=0 stride=-1 > > That works. But this is indeed not that pretty. Is there a way to get rid > of the prompt? No. > I think I might in stead create a loop that just executes "sleep 30"... This is a solution that looks nice, the downside is it does 40 includes and creates 40 dummy tasks. pause.yml ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_Smift1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Josh\_Smift1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_Smift1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-nicer-pause/22578/5 "2016-09-21T13:04:07Z")
How about wait\_for?   - name: count down forty 30-second intervals     wait\_for: timeout=30     with\_sequence: start=40 end=0 stride=-1 That gives me output like this:   TASK [count down forty 30-second intervals]