TRUE

true − do nothing, successfully

true [ignored command line arguments]
true OPTION

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.

Written by Jim Meyering.

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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.