On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 03:50:09PM +0530, Roland Winkler wrote: > I guess there is not too much one can say about the bash built-ins > `true' and `false'. Nonetheless, I suggest that the info pages > should list these built-ins individually like other built-ins. > Currently, the only hint on their existence is buried in the info > node on Shell Builtin Commands saying that > > The `:', `true', `false', and `test' builtins do not accept options and > do not treat `--' specially.
$ help true true: true Return a successful result. Exit Status: Always succeeds. $ help false false: false Return an unsuccessful result. Exit Status: Always fails.