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- ' $Header: /a/newcmds/true/RCS/true.man,v 1.2 88/12/29 13:09:51 ouster Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS TRUE cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- true \- Return a zero status
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBtrue\fR
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- This command does nothing except return a zero status.
- It is normally used in Bourne shell scripts for loop control
- and other conditional operations.
-
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- false, sh
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- shell, status, true
-