NAME

continue - continue for, while, or until loop

SYNOPSIS

continue [n]

DESCRIPTION

The continue utility shall return to the top of the smallest enclosing for, while, or until loop, or to the top of the nth enclosing loop, if n is specified. This involves repeating the condition list of a while or until loop or performing the next assignment of a for loop, and re-executing the loop if appropriate.

The value of n is a decimal integer greater than or equal to 1. The default shall be equivalent to n=1. If n is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be used.

OPTIONS

None.

OPERANDS

None.

STDIN

None.

INPUT FILES

None.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

None.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

None.

STDOUT

None.

STDERR

None.

OUTPUT FILES

None.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

None.

EXIT STATUS

 0

Successful completion.

>0

The n value was not an unsigned decimal integer greater than or equal to 1.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

EXAMPLES

for i in *
do
    if test -d "$i"
    then continue
    fi
    echo "\"$i\"" is not a directory.
done

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

Special Built-In Utilities

CHANGE HISTORY

None.