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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(1P)