break - stop the current inner loop¶
Synopsis¶
LOOP_CONSTRUCT
[COMMANDS ...]
break
[COMMANDS ...]
end
Description¶
break
halts a currently running loop (LOOP_CONSTRUCT), such as a switch, for or while loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an if block.
There are no parameters for break
.
Example¶
The following code searches all .c files for “smurf”, and halts at the first occurrence.
for i in *.c
if grep smurf $i
echo Smurfs are present in $i
break
end
end
See Also¶
the continue command, to skip the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop