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| 22fbd3aa | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1985, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
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2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
| 3 | .\" | |
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4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by |
| 5 | .\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. | |
| 6 | .\" | |
| 22fbd3aa | 7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| 94bed826 | 8 | .\" |
| ae122740 | 9 | .\" @(#)true.1 6.4 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6d52893f | 10 | .\" |
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11 | .Dd |
| 12 | .Dt TRUE 1 | |
| 13 | .Os | |
| 14 | .Sh NAME | |
| 15 | .Nm true | |
| 16 | .Nd return true value | |
| 17 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 18 | .Nm true | |
| 19 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 20 | .Nm True | |
| 21 | is normally used in a Bourne shell script. | |
| 22 | .Nm True | |
| 23 | tests for the appropriate status "false" before running | |
| 3789e5f1 | 24 | (or failing to run) a list of commands. |
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25 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 26 | .Xr csh 1 , | |
| 27 | .Xr sh 1 , | |
| 28 | .Xr false 1 | |
| 29 | .Sh DIAGNOSTICS | |
| 30 | The | |
| 31 | .Nm true | |
| 32 | utility always returns with exit code zero. | |
| 33 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
| 34 | The | |
| 35 | .Nm true | |
| 36 | function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. |