4.4.2.5 Continue (‘continue’)

continue [- | line-specification]
c [line-specification]

Resume program execution, at the address where your script last stopped; any breakpoints set at that address are bypassed.

The optional argument line-specification allows you to specify a location (a line number, function, or filename linenumber combination) to set a one-time breakpoint which is deleted when that breakpoint is reached. Should the program stop before that breakpoint is reached, in a listing of the breakpoints you will see this entry with the condition 9999 which indicates a one-time breakpoint.

If instead of a line specification you enter -, debugging will be turned of after continuing causing the program to run at full speed.

To resume execution at a different place, you can use return (see Returning from a function) to go back to the calling function or sourced script. If you are nested inside a subshell, quit with a value for the number of subshells to exit also functions like a return.