true(1)                                                   true(1)



     NAME
          true, false - provide truth values

     SYNOPSIS
          true

          false

     DESCRIPTION
          true does nothing, returning an exit status of zero.  false
          does nothing, returning a nonzero exit status.  They are
          typically used in input to sh(1) and/or ksh(1).

     EXAMPLES
               while true
               do
                    command
               done

     FILES
          /bin/true
          /bin/false

     SEE ALSO
          ksh(1), sh(1).

     DIAGNOSTICS
          true has exit status zero, false has exit status nonzero.



























     April, 1990                                                     1