Writing Deskshell commands

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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