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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface

Application Usage

       None.

Asynchronous Events

       Default.

Consequences Of Errors

       Default.

       Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.

Description

       If n is specified, the continue utility shall return to the top of the nth enclosing for, while, or until
       loop.  If  n  is not specified, continue shall behave as if n was specified as 1. Returning to the top of
       the loop 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 positive decimal integer. If n is greater than the number  of  enclosing  loops,  the
       outermost enclosing loop shall be used. If there is no enclosing loop, the behavior is unspecified.

       The meaning of ``enclosing'' shall be as specified in the description of the break utility.

Environment Variables

       None.

Examples

       for i in *
       do
           if test -d "$i"
           then continue
           fi
           printf '"%s" is not a directory.\n' "$i"
       done

Exit Status

        0    Successful completion.

       >0    The n value was not an unsigned decimal integer greater than or equal to 1.

Extended Description

       None.

Future Directions

       None.

Input Files

       None.

Name

       continue — continue for, while, or until loop

Operands

       See the DESCRIPTION.

Options

       None.

Output Files

       None.

Prolog

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface
       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

Rationale

       None.

See Also

Section2.14, SpecialBuilt-InUtilities

Stderr

       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

Stdin

       Not used.

Stdout

       Not used.

Synopsis

       continue [n]

See Also