# continue > Skip to the next iteration of a `for`, `while`, `until` or `select` loop. > More information: . - Skip to the next iteration: `while :; do continue; {{echo "This will never be reached"}}; done` - Skip to the next iteration from within a nested loop: `for i in {{{1..3}}}; do {{echo $i}}; while :; do continue 2; done; done`