continue(1)

NAME

     break, continue - shell built-in functions to escape from or
     advance  within  a controlling while, for, foreach, or until
     loop

SYNOPSIS

  sh
     break [n]

     continue [n]

  csh
     break

     continue

  ksh
     *break [n]

     *continue [n]

DESCRIPTION

  sh
     break exits from the enclosing for or while loop, if any. If
     n is specified, break n levels.

     continue resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for  or
     while  loop. If n is specified, resume at the n-th enclosing
     loop.

  csh
     break resumes execution after the end of the nearest enclos-
     ing  foreach  or  while  loop. The remaining commands on the
     current line are executed. This allows multilevel breaks  to
     be written as a list of break commands, all on one line.

     continue continues execution of the next  iteration  of  the
     nearest enclosing while or foreach loop.

  ksh
     break exits from the enclosed for, while, until,  or  select
     loop, if any. If n is specified then break n levels.

     continue resumes the next iteration  of  the  enclosed  for,
     while,  until, or select loop. If n is specified then resume
     at the n-th enclosed loop.

     On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded  by  one
     or  two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following
     ways:

     1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in
        effect when the command completes.

     2. I/O redirections are  processed  after  variable  assign-
        ments.

     3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.

     4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the
        format  of  a  variable assignment, are expanded with the
        same rules as a  variable  assignment.  This  means  that
        tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word
        splitting and file name generation are not performed.

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
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    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
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SEE ALSO

     csh(1), exit(1), ksh(1), sh( 1), attributes(5)