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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 "$i"
           then continue
           fi
           printf '"%s" is not a directory.\n' "$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, 2013 Edition,
       Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc
       and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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
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