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NAME

13       continue — continue for, while, or until loop
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SYNOPSIS

16       continue [n]
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DESCRIPTION

19       The continue utility shall return to the top of the smallest  enclosing
20       for,  while, or until loop, or to the top of the nth enclosing loop, if
21       n is specified. This involves repeating the condition list of  a  while
22       or  until loop or performing the next assignment of a for loop, and re-
23       executing the loop if appropriate.
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25       The value of n is a decimal integer greater than or  equal  to  1.  The
26       default shall be equivalent to n=1.  If n is greater than the number of
27       enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be used.
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OPTIONS

30       None.
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OPERANDS

33       See the DESCRIPTION.
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STDIN

36       Not used.
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INPUT FILES

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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

42       None.
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ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

45       Default.
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STDOUT

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STDERR

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OUTPUT FILES

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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

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EXIT STATUS

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CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

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APPLICATION USAGE

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EXAMPLES

74       for i in *
75       do
76           if test −d "$i"
77           then continue
78           fi
79           printf '"%s" is not a directory.\n' "$i"
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RATIONALE

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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SEE ALSO

89       Section 2.14, Special Built-In Utilities
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