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TRUE(1)         DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5)         TRUE(1)



NAME
     true, false - provide truth values

USAGE
     true

     false

DESCRIPTION
     True does nothing, successfully.  False does nothing, unsuc-
     cessfully.  Both are typically used in input to sh (1), as
     in the following example:

          while true
          do
               command
          done

DIAGNOSTICS
     True has an exit status of zero.  False has an exit status
     of non-zero.

RELATED INFORMATION
     sh (1).































Printed 6/10/85                                            TRUE-1



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