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true-original(1)
provide truth values
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
With the coreutil package (with the extra set), see true(1) instead.
Also by this name: false(1), General commands
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 such as:
while true
do
command
done
SEE ALSO
sh(1).
DIAGNOSTICS
true has exit status zero, false nonzero.