Bash script listen for key press to move on

Question

So, I want to write a bash script that are a sequence of steps and ill identify it as \"task#\". However, each step is only completed and can run as long as the user wants.

Answer 1

you can use read builtin command with option -t and -n

while :
do
    # TASK 1
    date
    read -t 1 -n 1 key

    if [[ $key = q ]]
    then
        break
    fi
done

# TASK 2
date +%s