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And here are the actual code source for them : http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/true.c;hb=HEAD http://git.savannah.gnu.or

by staz 13y ago

And here are the actual code source for them : http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/true.c;hb=HEAD http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob_p... /bin/true source is a bit longer than expected but /bin/false implementation is really interesting : http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/false.c;hb=HEAD http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob_p...

disgruntledphd2 13y ago
That is both hilarious and brilliant. The bin/false source code made me laugh out loud.
mtdewcmu 13y ago
true.c could be useful as a kind of helloworld -- a minimal example of the conventions followed by gnu command line programs.
- rm445 13y ago
  GNU Hello exists for this purpose.