\section break break - stop the innermost currently evaluated loop \subsection break-synopsis Synopsis <tt>LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...] break; [COMMANDS...] end</tt> \subsection break-description Description The \c break builtin is used to halt 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. \subsection break-example Example The following code searches all .c files for smurfs, and halts at the first occurrence. <p> <tt>for i in *.c; <br> if grep smurf $i; <br> echo Smurfs are present in $i; <br> break; <br> end; <br>end; </tt> </p>