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continue(1)

continue - skip the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop

CONTINUE(1) fish-shell CONTINUE(1)

continue - skip the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop

LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS ...;] continue; [COMMANDS ...;] end

continue skips the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop, such as a for <> loop or a while <> loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an if <> statement or a switch <> statement.

The -h or --help option displays help about using this command.

The following code removes all tmp files that do not contain the word smurf.

for i in *.tmp

if grep smurf $i
continue
end
# This "rm" is skipped over if "continue" is executed.
rm $i
# As is this "echo"
echo $i end


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the break <> command, to stop the current inner loop

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