A
UNIX program that does
nothing and does it well. From the
man page for
GNU true:
- NAME
- true - do nothing, successfully.
- SYNOPSIS
- true [ignored command line arguments]
The command would typically be used in
shell scripts as a
place holder where a
successful command is needed. It may also be used
safely as a
dummy shell for disabling
accounts. The
complementary command is GNU
false.