MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

continue(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities continue(1)
NAME
continue — skip to next iteration of loop in shell script
SYNOPSIS
continue [n]
DESCRIPTION
continue skips to the next iteration of an enclosing for, select, until,orwhile loop
in a shell script. If a number n is given, execution continues at the loop-control of the nth
enclosing loop. The default value of n is 1.
DIAGNOSTICS
The exit status of continue is always zero.
Messages
Because this utility is built into the
MPE/iX Shell, see the sh(1) man page for a complete list of
error messages that you may receive when using it.
PORTABILITY
POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX
systems.
NOTE
This is a special built-in command of the shell.
SEE ALSO
break(1), sh(1)
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