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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 Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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/The Open Group						       2003							       CONTINUE(P)