ultrix man page for false

Query: false

OS: ultrix

Section: 1

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

true(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   true(1)

Name
       true, false - provide test for status values

Syntax
       true
       false

Description
       The  and  commands  are	usually  used in a Bourne shell script.  They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running (or
       failing to run) a list of commands.

Examples
       while true
       do
	    command list
       done

Diagnostics
       The command has exit status zero.

See Also
       csh(1), sh(1)

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