Control constructs

Deskshell provides the following control constructs, which perform similar functions to the corresponding commands in other languages such as C or Pascal:

for

executes a script for each value of a list

while

executes a script while a condition is true

until

executes a script until a condition becomes true

if

executes a script depending on the value of a condition

case

executes a script depending on the value of a variable

See also:

• deskshell(XC) manual page