true - do nothing, successfully
true true {--help,--version}
This manual page documents the GNU version of true (and probably every other version, as well). true does nothing except return an exit status of 0, meaning ``success''. It can be used as a place holder in shell scripts where a successful command is needed, although the shell built-in command `:' (colon) does the same thing faster. OPTIONS When GNU true is invoked with exactly one argument, the following options are recognized: --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. --version Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.