Bash - Continue

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A control flow statement

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Syntax

continue [n]

where:

• n resume at the nth enclosing loop. n must be ≥ 1. If n is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the last enclosing loop (the ‘‘top-level’’

loop) is resumed.

Resume the next iteration of the enclosing:

• for,
• Bash - While,
• Until,
• or select loop.

Return value

When continue is executed :

• inside of loop, the return value is non-zero when n is ≤ 0; Otherwise, continue returns 0 value.
• outside of loop, the return value is 0.