1TRUE(1)                     General Commands Manual                    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

14       True  does  nothing, successfully.  False does nothing, unsuccessfully.
15       They are typically used in input to sh(1) such as:
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20            done
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SEE ALSO

23       sh(1)
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DIAGNOSTICS

26       True has exit status zero, false nonzero.
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