.TH "continue" 1 "8 Feb 2007" "Version 1.22.3" "fish" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
continue - skip the rest of the current lap of the innermost currently evaluated loop
.PP
.SS "Synopsis"
\fCLOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...;] continue; [COMMANDS...;] end\fP
.SS "Description"
The \fCcontinue\fP builtin is used to skip the current lap of the innermost currently running loop, such as a \fCfor\fP loop or a \fCwhile\fP loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an \fCif\fP statement or a \fCswitch\fP statement.
.SS "Example"
The following code removes all tmp files without smurfs.
.PP
.PP
.nf

for i in *.tmp
    if grep smurf $i
        continue
    end
    rm $i
end
.fi
.PP