continue -- Command

Terminate current iteration of shell construct
continue [ n ]

The command  continue helps to  control the flow  of commands given  to the
shell.   When  it is  used  without an  argument,  continue terminates  the
execution of  the current iteration  of the innermost for,  until, or while
shell construct;  that is,  it acts  like a branch  to the  enclosing done,
after which  loop execution may  continue or terminate.  If  an argument is
given, continue terminates the  current iteration of the nth enclosing for,
until, or while loop.

The shell executes continue directly.

See Also

break,
commands,
for,
ksh,
sh,
until,
while

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness