\section break break - stop the current inner loop \subsection break-synopsis Synopsis <tt>LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...] break; [COMMANDS...] end</tt> \subsection break-description Description \c break halts a currently running loop, such as a <a href="#for">for</a> loop or a <a href="#while">while</a> loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an <a href="#if">if</a> statement or a <a href="#switch">switch</a> statement. There are no parameters for <code>break</code>. \subsection break-example Example The following code searches all .c files for "smurf", and halts at the first occurrence. <pre> for i in *.c if grep smurf $i echo Smurfs are present in $i break end end </pre>