MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

true(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities true(1)

NAME

true — do nothing, successfully

SYNOPSIS

true [argument ...]

DESCRIPTION

The true command simply yields an exit status of zero (success). It ignores any arguments

given on the command line. This can be surprisingly useful, for example, when you are

evaluating shell expressions for their side effects.

DIAGNOSTICS

Since this command always succeeds, the only possible exit status is:

0 Successful completion.

PORTABILITY

POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX systems.

NOTE

This command is provided as both an external utility and a shell built-in.

MPE/iX NOTES

For information on how the current

MPE/iX implementation may affect the operation of this

utility, see Appendix A, MPE/iX Implementation Considerations.