CONTINUE(1SH) COMMAND REFERENCE CONTINUE(1SH)
NAME
continue - resume next iteration of for or while loop (sh
built-in)
SYNOPSIS
continue
DESCRIPTION
Continue resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for or
while loop.
EXAMPLES
The following example is a shell script which prints the
name of each subdirectory in the current directory and asks
the user if he or she wants a listing of the contents of
that directory. If the reply is n, (for no) the directory is
not listed. This example makes use of continue in two
places: the first usage makes sure that only directories may
be listed and the second usage processes the user's reply.
#!/bin/sh
for i in *
{
if test ! -d "$i"
then
continue
fi
echo -n "Do you want to list the directory $i? "
read f
if test "n" = "$f"
then
continue
fi
ls "$i"
}
RETURN VALUE
[NO_ERRS] Command completed without error.
SEE ALSO
break(1sh), cd(1sh), chdir(1sh), continue(1csh), csh(1csh),
echo(1sh), eval(1sh), exec(1sh), exit(1sh), export(1sh),
hash(1sh), login(1), pwd(1sh), read(1sh), readonly(1sh),
return(1sh), set(1sh), sh(1sh), shift(1sh), test(1sh),
times(1sh), trap(1sh), type(1sh), ulimit(1sh), umask(1sh),
unset(1sh), wait(1sh), which(1sh), and execve(2).
Printed 4/6/89 1
%%index%%
na:384,128;
sy:512,184;
de:696,365;
ex:1061,1004;
rv:2065,177;
se:2242,889;
%%index%%000000000109