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.TH TRUE 1 "11 January 1982"
.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.