I've got a while loop. Within the

[vergeb]

I've got a while loop. Within the while loop I use read to get imput. Then I use case to do different things based on the imput. Does anyone know the command that will make it just go back to the top of the loop? To exit the loop? Do those same commands work in an if then statement?

 

[vgersh99]

continue;

vlad
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[dickiebird]

As Vlad states - continue will cause the next iteration of the loop to be executed ( ie go back to top)
break will cause the loop to cease execution.
exit terminates the script.
Break and continue aren't applicable to if/then
statements, unless of course, the if is in a
while/for/until do loop.
eg
while true
do
if [ $a -eq $b ]
then
break
else
do something otherwise........
fi
done

HTH

Dickie Bird (-)))