true(1)
NAME
true, false - provide truth values
SYNOPSIS
true
false
DESCRIPTION
The true utility does nothing, successfully. The false util-
ity does nothing, unsuccessfully. They are typically used in
a shell script sh as:
while true
do
command
done
which executes command forever.
EXIT STATUS
true has exit status 0.
false always will exit with a non-zero value.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Interface Stability | Standard |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
sh(1), attributes(5), standards(5)
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