Control constructs
Deskshell provides the following control constructs,
which perform similar functions to the corresponding
commands in other languages such as C or Pascal:
for-
executes a script for each value of a list
while-
executes a script while a condition is true
until-
executes a script until a condition becomes true
if-
executes a script depending on the value of a condition
case-
executes a script depending on the value of a variable
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