bsd man page for true

Query: true

OS: bsd

Section: 1

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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)
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