true
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standard Unix utility that returns success
Described at
The true utility has been retained in this volume of POSIX.1-2017, even though the shell special built-in : provides similar functionality, because true is widely used in historical scripts and is less cryptic to novice script readers. IEEE Std 1003.1-2001/Cor 1-2002, item XCU/TC1/D6/39 is applied, replacing the terms None'' and Default'' from the STDERR and EXIT STATUS sections, respectively, with terms as defined in Utility Description Defaults .
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