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
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executes a script for each value of a list
 while
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executes a script while a condition is true
 until
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executes a script until a condition becomes true
 if
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executes a script depending on the value of a condition
 case
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executes a script depending on the value of a variable
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