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- .th GOTO I 3/15/72
- .sh NAME
- goto \*- command transfer
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd goto
- label
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Goto
- is allowed only when the Shell
- is taking commands from a file.
- The file is searched from the beginning
- for a line beginning with `:' followed by one
- or more spaces followed by
- the
- .it label.
- If such a line is found, the
- .it goto
- command returns.
- Since the read pointer in the command file points to the
- line after the label,
- the effect is to cause the Shell to transfer to the
- labelled line.
- .s3
- `:' is a do-nothing
- command that is ignored by the Shell and only serves to place a label.
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- sh (I)
- .sh BUGS
-