true(1)
true, false --
provide truth values
Synopsis
true
false
Description
true
does nothing, successfully.
false
does nothing, unsuccessfully.
They are typically used in input to
sh
such as:
while true
do
command
done
References
sh(1)
Diagnostics
true
has exit status zero,
false
nonzero.
30 January 1998
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