1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1985, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 8.\" 9.\" @(#)true.1 6.4 (Berkeley) 06/27/91 10.\" 11.Dd 12.Dt TRUE 1 13.Os 14.Sh NAME 15.Nm true 16.Nd return true value 17.Sh SYNOPSIS 18.Nm true 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20.Nm True 21is normally used in a Bourne shell script. 22.Nm True 23tests for the appropriate status "false" before running 24(or failing to run) a list of commands. 25.Sh SEE ALSO 26.Xr csh 1 , 27.Xr sh 1 , 28.Xr false 1 29.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 30The 31.Nm true 32utility always returns with exit code zero. 33.Sh STANDARDS 34The 35.Nm true 36function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. 37