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csh(1)

sh(1)

TRUE(1)                              BSD                               TRUE(1)



NAME
     true, false - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS
     true

     false

DESCRIPTION
     true and false are usually used in a Bourne shell script to test for the
     appropriate status (true or false) before running (or not running) a list
     of commands.

EXAMPLE

               while true
               do
                    command list
               done

DIAGNOSTICS
     true has exit status zero.

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), sh(1)

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