Is : the same as `true` ?
I was asking myself the same question and looked it up:
<https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/t...>
The most important differences seem to be:
* `:` is a builtin vs. `true` is an utility * passing arguments to `:` is safe but for `true` its not hence `:` is the right thing to use here.
the fish shell manpage has ':' as an alias to 'true'.
alt Hacker News
I was asking myself the same question and looked it up:
<https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/t...>
The most important differences seem to be:
* `:` is a builtin vs. `true` is an utility * passing arguments to `:` is safe but for `true` its not hence `:` is the right thing to use here.