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Manual page for TRUE(1)

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.

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