fish-shell/sphinx_doc_src/cmds/continue.rst

.. _cmd-continue:

continue - skip the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop
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Synopsis
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LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...;] continue; [COMMANDS...;] end


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

Example
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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