true(1)                                                      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

       REFERENCES
             sh(1)

       DIAGNOSTICS
             true has exit status zero, false nonzero.


























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