NAME

false, true − provide truth values

SYNOPSIS

true

false

DESCRIPTION

true and false are usually used in a Bourne shell script.  They test for the appropriate status “true” or “false” before running (or failing to run) a list of commands. 

EXAMPLE

while false
do
command list
done

SEE ALSO

csh(1), sh(1), true(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

false has exit status nonzero. 

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R