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

The following Bourne shell script will be executed while the case status is “true”. 

while true
do

command list

done

SEE ALSO

csh(1), sh(1)

EXIT STATUS

true has exit status 0. 

false has exit status 1. 

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 9 September 1987