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<h2>colon (:) - Null utility</h2>
<strong>Synopsis</strong>
<p><strong>:</strong> [ <em>argument</em> ... ]</p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>You can use <strong>colon</strong> where you must have a
command, but you do not want the command to do anything. For
example, in the <strong>then</strong> condition of an <strong>
if</strong> command.</p>
<p><strong>Options</strong></p>
<p>None.</p>
<p><strong>Operands</strong></p>
<p>Each <em>argument</em> is expanded.</p>
<p><strong>Exit Status</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>0 when successful.</li>
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