TRUE(1) | User Commands | TRUE(1) |
true, false - provide truth values
true
false
The true utility does nothing, successfully. The false utility does nothing, unsuccessfully. They are typically used in a shell script sh as:
while true do
command done
which executes command forever.
true has exit status 0.
false always will exit with a non-zero value.
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
Interface Stability | Standard |
February 1, 1995 | OmniOS |