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 as:
while true; do
command
done
which executes `command' forever.
true has exit status 0.
false will always exit with a non-zero value between 1 and 125,
inclusive.
true and false are Committed.
sh(1), attributes(7)
illumos September 19, 2024 illumos
NAME
true, false - provide truth values
SYNOPSIS
true
false
DESCRIPTION
The true utility does nothing, successfully. The false utility does
nothing, unsuccessfully. They are typically used in a shell script as:
while true; do
command
done
which executes `command' forever.
EXIT STATUS
true has exit status 0.
false will always exit with a non-zero value between 1 and 125,
inclusive.
INTERFACE STABILITY
true and false are Committed.
SEE ALSO
sh(1), attributes(7)
illumos September 19, 2024 illumos