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diff --git a/man1p/continue.1p b/man1p/continue.1p new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b9fa7cd35 --- /dev/null +++ b/man1p/continue.1p @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "CONTINUE" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" continue +.SH NAME +continue \- continue for, while, or until loop +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fBcontinue\fP \fB[\fP\fIn\fP\fB]\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIcontinue\fP utility shall return to the top of the smallest +enclosing \fBfor\fP, \fBwhile\fP, or \fBuntil\fP loop, or +to the top of the \fIn\fPth enclosing loop, if \fIn\fP is specified. +This involves repeating the condition list of a \fBwhile\fP +or \fBuntil\fP loop or performing the next assignment of a \fBfor\fP +loop, and re-executing the loop if appropriate. +.LP +The value of \fIn\fP is a decimal integer greater than or equal to +1. The default shall be equivalent to \fIn\fP=1. If +\fIn\fP is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost +enclosing loop shall be used. +.SH OPTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH OPERANDS +.LP +See the DESCRIPTION. +.SH STDIN +.LP +Not used. +.SH INPUT FILES +.LP +None. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +.LP +None. +.SH ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS +.LP +Default. +.SH STDOUT +.LP +Not used. +.SH STDERR +.LP +The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH OUTPUT FILES +.LP +None. +.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION +.LP +None. +.SH EXIT STATUS +.TP 7 +\ 0 +Successful completion. +.TP 7 +>0 +The \fIn\fP value was not an unsigned decimal integer greater than +or equal to 1. +.sp +.SH CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS +.LP +Default. +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +None. +.SH EXAMPLES +.sp +.RS +.nf + +\fBfor i in * +do + if test -d "$i" + then continue + fi + echo "\\"$i\\"" is not a directory. +done +\fP +.fi +.RE +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fISpecial Built-In Utilities\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 . |