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 .