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(1).

EXAMPLE

while true
do
command
done

SEE ALSO

sh(1). 

DIAGNOSTICS

True has exit status zero, false nonzero. 

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987