Resume the next iteration of an enclosing for
, while
, until
, or select
loop.
SYNTAX continue [n]
If n is supplied, the execution of the nth enclosing loop is resumed. n must be greater than or equal to 1. The return status is zero unless n is not greater than or equal to 1.
This is a BASH shell builtin, to display your local syntax from the bash prompt type: help continue
Example
for myloop in 1 2 3 4 5 do if [ "$myloop" -eq 3 ] then continue # Skip rest of this particular loop iteration. fi echo -n "$myloop" done
continue is a POSIX `special’ builtin
Related linux commands:
break – Exit from a loop
for – Expand words, and execute commands
if – Conditionally perform a command
until – Execute commands (until error)
while – Execute commands