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Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (1P)
Updated: 2003
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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.
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
See the DESCRIPTION.
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
Not used.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
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
Default.
The following sections are informative.
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
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
Index
- PROLOG
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- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
-
- OPERANDS
-
- STDIN
-
- INPUT FILES
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- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-
- ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
-
- STDOUT
-
- STDERR
-
- OUTPUT FILES
-
- EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
-
- EXIT STATUS
-
- CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
-
- APPLICATION USAGE
-
- EXAMPLES
-
- RATIONALE
-
- FUTURE DIRECTIONS
-
- SEE ALSO
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- COPYRIGHT
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