10.0;exit, revision 1.0, 88/01/21
exit -- Exit from a loop.
usage: exit
DESCRIPTION
exit terminates the flow of control in a shell loop construct (for,
select, and while). When exit is encountered, control passes to the
first command following the body of the loop (see EXAMPLES below).
You may also interrupt the flow of control in a loop without actually
leaving the loop by using the next command.
Do not confuse this command with the DM command ex, which exits the
Display Manger and returns control to the boot shell. Type help ex or see
the ex command description in the Domain Display Manager Commands
Reference for more information.
The exit command requires no arguments or options.
EXAMPLES
Consider the following section from a shell script:
while ((true))
do readc a
if ((^a = "y")) then exit endif
args "still looking ..."
enddo
args "Finished."
When the readc (read_character) command reads a character into variable a
that matches the character y, the exit command executes and causes the
script to jump to the command following the enddo.
SEE ALSO
More information is available. Type
help for For information on for loops
help select For information on select loops
help while For information on while loops
help next For information on next