true(1)                                                   true(1)



NAME
     true, false - provides 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 and/or ksh.

EXAMPLES
        while true
        do
             command
        done


STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     The true command has exit status zero, false has exit status
     nonzero.

FILES
     /bin/true
          Executable file
     /bin/false
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     ksh(1), sh(1)





















January 1992                                                    1