1.. _cmd-break: 2 3break - stop the current inner loop 4=================================== 5 6Synopsis 7-------- 8 9:: 10 11 LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...] break; [COMMANDS...] end 12 13 14Description 15----------- 16 17``break`` halts a currently running loop, such as a :ref:`switch <cmd-switch>`, :ref:`for <cmd-for>` or :ref:`while <cmd-while>` loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an :ref:`if <cmd-if>` block. 18 19There are no parameters for ``break``. 20 21 22Example 23------- 24The following code searches all .c files for "smurf", and halts at the first occurrence. 25 26:: 27 28 for i in *.c 29 if grep smurf $i 30 echo Smurfs are present in $i 31 break 32 end 33 end 34 35See Also 36-------- 37 38- the :ref:`continue <cmd-continue>` command, to skip the remainder of the current iteration of the current inner loop 39