continue: Linux Commands HowTo
continue: Resume the next iteration of a loop
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.
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
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