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.TH true 1 "18 August 1999" "GNU Shell Utilities 2.0"
.SH NAME
true \- do nothing, successfully
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B true
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B true
does nothing except return an exit status of 0, meaning ``success''.

Implemented as a binary, it can be used as a place holder in shell scripts
where a successful command is needed (although the shell built-in command
`\fB:\fR' may be faster)
.SH OPTIONS
\fBtrue\fR ignores all options, even \fB\-\-help\fR or \fB\-\-version\fR.
.SH NOTES
Report bugs to bug-sh-utils@gnu.org.
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