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                                                                  true(1)



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        true, false                                               Command
        provide truth values
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        SYNTAX

        true

        false


        DESCRIPTION

        True does nothing, successfully.  False does nothing,
        unsuccessfully.  They are typically used in input to sh(1) such
        as:

             while true
             do
                  command
             done


        SEE ALSO

        sh(1).


        DIAGNOSTICS

        True has exit status zero, false nonzero.





















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