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.TH "CONTINUE" "1" "Nov 13, 2025" "4.2" "fish-shell"
.SH NAME
continue \- skip the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fILOOP_CONSTRUCT\fP\fB;\fP [\fICOMMANDS\fP \&...\fB;\fP] \fBcontinue\fP\fB;\fP [\fICOMMANDS\fP \&...\fB;\fP] \fBend\fP
.fi
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
\fBcontinue\fP skips the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop, such as a \fI\%for\fP loop or a \fI\%while\fP loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an \fI\%if\fP statement or a \fI\%switch\fP statement.
.sp
The \fB\-h\fP or \fB\-\-help\fP option displays help about using this command.
.SH EXAMPLE
.sp
The following code removes all tmp files that do not contain the word smurf.
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.EX
for i in *.tmp
    if grep smurf $i
        continue
    end
    # This \(dqrm\(dq is skipped over if \(dqcontinue\(dq is executed.
    rm $i
    # As is this \(dqecho\(dq
    echo $i
end
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IP \(bu 2
the \fI\%break\fP command, to stop the current inner loop
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.SH COPYRIGHT
fish-shell developers
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