1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1985, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)true.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 04/23/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt TRUE 1 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm true 13.Nd return true value 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm true 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17.Nm True 18is normally used in a Bourne shell script. 19.Nm True 20tests for the appropriate status "false" before running 21(or failing to run) a list of commands. 22.Sh SEE ALSO 23.Xr csh 1 , 24.Xr sh 1 , 25.Xr false 1 26.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 27The 28.Nm true 29utility always returns with exit code zero. 30.Sh STANDARDS 31The 32.Nm true 33function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. 34