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       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       true — return true value

SYNOPSIS

       true

DESCRIPTION

       The true utility shall return with exit code zero.

OPTIONS

       None.

OPERANDS

       None.

STDIN

       Not used.

INPUT FILES

       None.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       None.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

       Default.

STDOUT

       Not used.

STDERR

       Not used.

OUTPUT FILES

       None.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

       None.

EXIT STATUS

       Zero.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

       None.

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

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

EXAMPLES

       This command is executed forever:

           while true
           do
               command
           done

RATIONALE

       The true utility has been retained in this volume of POSIX.1‐2008, 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 DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       Section 2.9, Shell Commands, false

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
       Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  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.unix.org/online.html .

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