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NAME
       continue — continue for, while, or until loop


SYNOPSIS
       continue [n]


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.


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 "$i"
           then continue
           fi
           printf '"%s" is not a directory.\n' "$i"
       done


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       Section 2.14, Special Built-In Utilities


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

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