true(1) [bsd man page]

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)

true(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   true(1)

NAME

       true, false - Returns a standard exit value

SYNOPSIS

       true

       false

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       true:  XCU5.0

       false:  XCU5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

DESCRIPTION

       The true command returns a 0 (zero) exit value. The false command returns a nonzero exit value. These commands are usually used in input to
       shell commands.

NOTES

       The special built-in utility : (colon) is sometimes more efficient than the true command.

EXIT STATUS

       [Tru64 UNIX]  The nonzero value returned by the false command may vary from system to system.

EXAMPLES

       To construct a loop in a shell procedure, enter: while true do	   date      sleep 60 done

       This procedure displays the date and time once a minute.  To stop it, press the Interrupt key sequence.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  csh(1), ksh(1), Bourne Shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p)

       Standards:  standards(5)

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