continue
Skip to the next iteration of a for
, while
, until
or select
loop.
More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-continue.
- Skip to the next iteration:
while :; do continue; echo "This will never be reached"; done
- Skip to the next iteration from within a nested loop:
for i in {1..3}; do while :; do continue 2; done; done