TRUE(1) User Commands TRUE(1)


NAME


true, false - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS


true


false


DESCRIPTION


The true utility does nothing, successfully. The false utility 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(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO


sh(1), attributes(7), standards(7)


February 1, 1995 TRUE(1)