1true(1)                          User Commands                         true(1)
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NAME

6       true, false - provide truth values
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SYNOPSIS

9       true
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  true  utility  does  nothing, successfully. The false utility does
17       nothing, unsuccessfully. They are typically used in a shell  script  sh
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22                     command
23         done
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27       which executes command forever.
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EXIT STATUS

30       true has exit status  0.
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33       false always will exit with a non-zero value.
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ATTRIBUTES

36       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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41       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
42       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
43       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
44       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
45       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
46       │Interface Stability          │Standard                     │
47       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

50       sh(1), attributes(5), standards(5)
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54SunOS 5.11                        1 Feb 1995                           true(1)