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) true(1)
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