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sh(1)

TRUE(1)                              SysV                              TRUE(1)



NAME
     true, false - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS
     true

     false

DESCRIPTION
     true does nothing, successfully.  False does nothing, unsuccessfully.
     They are typically used in input to sh(1) such as:

          while true
          do
               command
          done

SEE ALSO
     sh(1).

DIAGNOSTICS
     true has exit status zero, false nonzero.

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