\section break break - stop the innermost currently evaluated loop \subsection break-synopsis Synopsis LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...] break; [COMMANDS...] end \subsection break-description Description The \c break builtin is used to halt a currently running loop, such as a for loop or a while loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an if statement or a switch statement. \subsection break-example Example The following code searches all .c files for smurfs, and halts at the first occurrence.

for i in *.c;
    if grep smurf $i;
        echo Smurfs are present in $i;
        break;
    end;
end;