The true Command

   

Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The
By Anatole Olczak

Table of Contents
Chapter 9.  Miscellaneous Commands


The true Command

The true command does one thing: return a zero exit status. It is often used to generate infinite loops for argument-processing. In some versions of the Korn shell, true is a preset alias ":". It also returns a zero exit status.


       
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    Korn Shell. Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition
    Korn Shell. Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition
    ISBN: N/A
    EAN: N/A
    Year: 2000
    Pages: 177

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