[NTLUG:Discuss] for loop - bash scripting..

[Fred James]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:

> how do you end an $INSTANCE in a for/loop without killing the entire 
> loop?
>
> -------------
> for INSTANCE in *.csv ; do
>    if [ ! "$NAME" -a "EMAIL" ] ; then
>        echo  This record is not valid, ending  the parsing process of 
> this file.
>        ;exit 65        done  #even if this done is inside an succesful 
> test condition, bash still sees it as a done.
>    fi
>
>    #rest of the .csv file parsing that requires ALL the parameters
>
>
> done
> -------------

Richard Geoffrion
I believe the simplest general form would be

for i in list
do
    if test whatever
    then
       do this
    else
       continue
    fi
    other_stuff
done

[from the 'man' page for BASH]
       continue [n]
              Resume the next iteration of the enclosing for, while, 
until, or
              select  loop.   If  n  is specified, resume at the nth 
enclosing
              loop.  n must be >= 1.  If n  is  greater  than  the  
number  of
              enclosing  loops,  the  last  enclosing  loop (the 
``top-level''
              loop) is resumed.  The return value is 0 unless the shell 
is not
              executing a loop when continue is executed.
 
Hope this helps
Regards
Fred James


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