true

do nothing, successfully

Synopsis

true [ignored command line arguments]
true OPTION

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description

Exit with a status code indicating success.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of true, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell’s documentation for details about the options it supports.

copyright

Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

reporting bugs

Report true bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report true translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

see also

The full documentation for true is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and true programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'true invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

author

Written by Jim Meyering.