04-26-2011
Tried
I tried doing a loop but when ever i do it does not work, it never changes the directory and then errors up.
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LEARN ABOUT POSIX
continue
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PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
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 "$i"
then continue
fi
printf '"%s" is not a directory.
' "$i"
done
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
Section 2.14, Special Built-In Utilities
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Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source
files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
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