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break — Break out of a `for`, `while`, `until`, or `select` loop. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/sof

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Problem

How to use the break command: Break out of a for, while, until, or select loop. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-break>.

Solution

break — Break out of a for, while, until, or select loop. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-break>.

Break out of a single loop:

while :; do break; done

Break out of nested loops:

while :; do while :; do break 2; done; done

Code Snippets

Break out of a single loop

while :; do break; done

Break out of nested loops

while :; do while :; do break 2; done; done

Context

tldr-pages: common/break

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