true, false — Provide Truth Values
Synopsis
/usr/bin/true /usr/bin/false
Description
true does nothing, successfully. false does nothing, unsuccessfully. They are typically used in a shell script sh as:
while true
do
command
done which executes command forever.
Exit Status
| true | 0. |
| false | A non-zero value. |
Attributes
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| Attribute Type | Attribute Value |
|---|---|
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
See Also
sh(1), attributes(5)
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