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.Dd September 19, 2024
.Dt TRUE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm true ,
.Nm false
.Nd provide truth values
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm true
.Nm false
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm true
utility does nothing, successfully.
The
.Nm false
utility does nothing, unsuccessfully.
They are typically used in a shell script as:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
while true; do
	command
done
.Ed
.Pp
which executes
.Sq command
forever.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm true
has exit status
.Sy 0 .
.Pp
.Nm false
will always exit with a non-zero value between 1 and 125, inclusive.
.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
.Nm true
and
.Nm false
are
.Sy Committed .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sh 1 ,
.Xr attributes 7