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# continue

> Skip to the next iteration of a `for`, `while`, `until`, or `select` loop.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-continue>.

- Skip to the next iteration:

`while :; do continue; {{echo "This will never be reached"}}; done`

- Skip to the next iteration from within a nested loop:

`for i in {{{1..3}}}; do {{echo $i}}; while :; do continue 2; done; done`
