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.\"	@(#)true.1	6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH TRUE 1 ""
.AT 3
.SH NAME
true, false \- provide truth values
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B true
.PP
.B false
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I True
and
.I 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.  
.SH EXAMPLE
.IP
.nf
     while true 
     do
          command list 
     done
.SH "SEE ALSO"
csh(1),
sh(1),
false(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I True 
has exit status zero.
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8a3c121a	1	.\" @(#)true.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
6d52893f	2	.\"
8a3c121a	3	.TH TRUE 1 ""
6d52893f KM	4	.AT 3
	5	.SH NAME
	6	true, false \- provide truth values
	7	.SH SYNOPSIS
	8	.B true
	9	.PP
	10	.B false
	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
	12	.I True
3789e5f1 KM	13	and
	14	.I false
	15	are usually used in a Bourne shell script.
	16	They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running
	17	(or failing to run) a list of commands.
	18	.SH EXAMPLE
	19	.IP
	20	.nf
	21	while true
	22	do
	23	command list
	24	done
6d52893f	25	.SH "SEE ALSO"
3789e5f1 KM	26	csh(1),
	27	sh(1),
	28	false(1)
6d52893f	29	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
3789e5f1 KM	30	.I True
3789e5f1 KM	31	has exit status zero.