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        !             3: while                        Command                        while
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        !             8: Execute commands repeatedly
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        !            10: wwhhiillee _s_e_q_u_e_n_c_e_1
        !            11: [ddoo _s_e_q_u_e_n_c_e_2]
        !            12: done
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        !            14: The shell construct while controls a loop.  It first executes the
        !            15: commands in sequence1.  If the exit status is zero, the shell ex-
        !            16: ecutes  the commands  in the optional  sequence2 and  repeats the
        !            17: process until  the exit status of  sequence1 is nonzero.  Because
        !            18: the shell  recognizes a reserved word only  as the unquoted first
        !            19: word of  a command, both do  and done must occur  unquoted at the
        !            20: start of a line or preceded by `;'.
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        !            22: The shell  commands break and continue may be  used to alter con-
        !            23: trol flow within a while  loop.  The until construct has the same
        !            24: form as while, but the sense of the test is reversed.
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        !            26: The shell executes while directly.
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        !            28: ***** See Also *****
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        !            30: break, commands, continue, sh, test, until
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