continue — Skip to the next iteration of a loop in a shell script

Description

continue skips to the next iteration of an enclosing for, select, until, or while loop in a shell script. If a number n is given, execution continues at the loop control of the nth enclosing loop. The default value of n is 1.

Usage notes

continue is a special built-in shell command.

Localization

See Localization for more information.

Exit values

0

Successful completion

1

The value of n given was not an unsigned decimal greater than 0.

Portability

POSIX.2, X/Open Portability Guide, UNIX systems.