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 failing 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