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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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