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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 "$i"
                  then continue
                  fi
                  echo "\"$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, Copy-
       right (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.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



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