break: Linux Commands HowTo
break: Exit from a loop
Exit from a for, while, until,
or select loop
SYNTAX
break [n]
If n is supplied, the nth enclosing loop is exited. n
must be greater than or equal to 1.
The return status is zero unless n is not greater than or equal to
1.
Example
for myloop in 1 2 3 4 5
do
echo -n "$myloop"
if [ "$myloop" -eq 3 ]
then
break # This line will break out of the loop
fi
done
break is a POSIX `special? builtin
"Don?t worry about the world coming to an end today. It?s already tomorrow
in Australia." - Charles
Schultz
Related:
for - Expand words, and execute commands
select - Accept keyboard input
until - Execute commands (until error)
while - Execute commands
continue - Resume the next iteration of a loop
Equivalent Windows command: GOTO :eof - Jump to end of file
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