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

     while false
     do
          command list
     done

SEE ALSO

csh(1), sh(1), true(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

False has exit status nonzero. 

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