true(1)               UNIX System V(Essential Utilities)                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

SEE ALSO
      sh(1).

DIAGNOSTICS
      true has exit status zero, false, and nonzero.
































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