true Command in Linux

This tutorial explains Linux “true” command, options and its usage with examples.

true – do nothing, successfully.

DESCRIPTION

Exit with a status code indicating success. true returns 0.

SYNOPSIS

true

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EXAMPLE

For example, the following shell script repeats the echo hello loop until interrupted:

while true
do
  echo hello
done

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