true(1)								       true(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     true, false - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     true

     false

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     true does nothing,	successfully.  false does nothing, unsuccessfully.
     They are typically	used in	input to sh such as:

	  while	true
	  do
	       command
	  done

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     sh(1)

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     true has exit status zero,	false nonzero.


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