NAME

break

break - stop the current inner loop

Synopsis

LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...]  break; [COMMANDS...] end

Description

break halts a currently running loop, such as a for loop or a while loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an if statement or a switch statement. 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