true(1)

true1

Return true value

Usage

true

Overview

The true utility always returns with an exit code of zero.

Some shells may provide a builtin true command which is identical to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page.

Releases

87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 41 times.

  1. 2.0.5–2.1.7.1
  2. 2.2.2
  3. 2.2.5–3.5.1
  4. 4.0–4.2
  5. 4.3
  6. 4.4
  7. 4.5–4.6.2
  8. 4.7–4.11
  9. 5.0–6.3
  10. 6.4
  11. 7.0
  12. 7.1
  13. 7.2
  14. 7.3
  15. 7.4
  16. 8.0
  17. 8.1
  18. 8.2
  19. 8.3
  20. 8.4
  21. 9.0
  22. 9.1
  23. 9.2
  24. 9.3
  25. 10.0
  26. 10.1
  27. 10.2
  28. 10.3
  29. 10.4
  30. 11.0
  31. 11.1
  32. 11.2
  33. 11.3
  34. 11.4
  35. 12.0
  36. 12.1
  37. 12.2
  38. 12.3
  39. 12.4
  40. 13.0–13.2
  41. 13.3–14.5
  42. 15.0–16.0

Standards

The true utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compatible.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.