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PPRROOLLOOGG
       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The OS
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding
       OS manual page for details of OS behavior), or the interface may not be
       implemented on OS.

NNAAMMEE
       continue -- continue for, while, or until loop

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       continue [[_n]]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       If _n is specified, the _c_o_n_t_i_n_u_e utility shall return to the top of the
       _nth enclosing ffoorr, wwhhiillee, or uunnttiill loop. If _n is not specified,
       _c_o_n_t_i_n_u_e shall behave as if _n was specified as 1. Returning to the top
       of the loop involves repeating the condition list of a wwhhiillee or uunnttiill
       loop or performing the next assignment of a ffoorr loop, and re-executing
       the loop if appropriate.

       The value of _n is a positive decimal integer. If _n is greater than the
       number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be used.
       If there is no enclosing loop, the behavior is unspecified.

       The meaning of ``enclosing'' shall be as specified in the description
       of the _b_r_e_a_k utility.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       None.

OOPPEERRAANNDDSS
       See the DESCRIPTION.

SSTTDDIINN
       Not used.

IINNPPUUTT FFIILLEESS
       None.

EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT VVAARRIIAABBLLEESS
       None.

AASSYYNNCCHHRROONNOOUUSS EEVVEENNTTSS
       Default.

SSTTDDOOUUTT
       Not used.

SSTTDDEERRRR
       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OOUUTTPPUUTT FFIILLEESS
       None.

EEXXTTEENNDDEEDD DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       None.

EEXXIITT SSTTAATTUUSS
        0    Successful completion.

       >0    The _n value was not an unsigned decimal integer greater than or
             equal to 1.

CCOONNSSEEQQUUEENNCCEESS OOFF EERRRROORRSS
       Default.

       _T_h_e _f_o_l_l_o_w_i_n_g _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_s _a_r_e _i_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_v_e_.

AAPPPPLLIICCAATTIIOONN UUSSAAGGEE
       None.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       for i in *
       do
           if test -d "$i"
           then continue
           fi
           printf '"%s" is not a directory.\n' "$i"
       done

RRAATTIIOONNAALLEE
       None.

FFUUTTUURREE DDIIRREECCTTIIOONNSS
       None.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _S_e_c_t_i_o_n _2_._1_4, _S_p_e_c_i_a_l _B_u_i_l_t_-_I_n _U_t_i_l_i_t_i_e_s

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are
       most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source
       files to man page format. To report such errors, see
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