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TRUE(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   TRUE(1)

NAME
       true, false - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS
       true

       false

DESCRIPTION
       True  and false are usually used in a Bourne shell script.  They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running (or fail-
       ing to run) a list of commands.

EXAMPLE
		   while true
		   do
			command list
		   done

SEE ALSO
       csh(1), sh(1), false(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       True has exit status zero.

7th Edition							  April 29, 1985							   TRUE(1)