TRUE - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 1P
Updated : 2017
Source : IEEE/The Open Group
Note : POSIX Programmer's Manual

PROLOGThis manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAMEtrue — return true value

SYNOPSIStrue

DESCRIPTIONThe true utility shall return with exit code zero.

OPTIONSNone.

OPERANDSNone.

STDINNot used.

INPUT FILESNone.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLESNone.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTSDefault.

STDOUTNot used.

STDERRNot used.

OUTPUT FILESNone.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTIONNone.

EXIT STATUSZero.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORSNone. The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGEThis utility is typically used in shell scripts, as shown in the EXAMPLES section. The special built-in utility : is sometimes more efficient than true.

EXAMPLESThis command is executed forever: while true do command done

RATIONALEThe true utility has been retained in this volume of POSIX.1‐2017, even though the shell special built-in : provides similar functionality, because true is widely used in historical scripts and is less cryptic to novice script readers.

FUTURE DIRECTIONSNone.

SEE ALSOSection 2.9, Shell Commands, false

COPYRIGHTPortions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
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