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true(1)                          DG/UX R4.11                         true(1)


NAME
       true, false - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS
       true

       false

DESCRIPTION
       true does nothing, successfully.  false does nothing, unsuccessfully.
       They are typically used in input to sh such as:

              while true
              do
                     command
              done

DIAGNOSTICS
       true has exit status zero, false nonzero.

SEE ALSO
       sh(1).


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