1TRUE(1) General Commands Manual TRUE(1)
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NAME
6true, false - provide truth values
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SYNOPSIS
9true
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false
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DESCRIPTION
14True and false are usually used in a Bourne shell script. They test
15for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running (or failing
16to run) a list of commands.
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EXAMPLE
19while true
20do
21command list
22done
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SEE ALSO
25csh(1), sh(1), false(1)
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DIAGNOSTICS
28True has exit status zero.
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