trueposix - Online in the Cloud

This is the command trueposix that can be run in the OnWorks free hosting provider using one of our multiple free online workstations such as Ubuntu Online, Fedora Online, Windows online emulator or MAC OS online emulator

PROGRAM:

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.

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