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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/true, revision 1.1

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        !             3: true                         Command                         true
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        !             8: Unconditional success
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        !            10: true
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        !            12: true does  nothing, successfully.  It always  returns zero (i.e.,
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        !            15: true is useful  in shell scripts when you want  to execute a con-
        !            16: dition indefinitely.  For example, the following example
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        !            19:         while true; do
        !            20:                 date
        !            21:         done
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        !            24: prints the  current date and  time on your screen  forever (or at
        !            25: least until interrupted by typing <ccttrrll-CC>.
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        !            27: ***** See Also *****
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        !            29: commands, false, sh
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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