NAME

true, false − provide truth values

SYNTAX

true
false

DESCRIPTION

The true and false commands are usually used in a Bourne shell script.  They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running (or failing to run) a list of commands. 

EXAMPLE

     while true
     do
          command list
     done

DIAGNOSTICS

The true command has exit status zero. 

SEE ALSO

csh(1), false(1), sh(1)