true(1) true(1)
NAME
true, false - provide truth values
SYNOPSIS
true
false
DESCRIPTION
true does nothing, successfully. false does nothing, unsuc-
cessfully. Each returns an exit code indicative of its suc-
cess. They are typically used in input to sh such as:
while true
do
command
done
SEE ALSO
sh(1).
DIAGNOSTICS
true has exit status zero, false nonzero.
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