#!/bin/bash # # Two demonstrations of the use of 'break' # echo "Demo 1" for i in {a..c}{1..3}; do echo "$i" [ "$i" == "b2" ] && break done echo echo "Demo 2" for i in {a..c}{1..3}; do for j in {1..3}; do echo -n "$i " [ "$i" == "b2" ] && { echo; break 2; } done echo done