While there is nothing wrong with "while true", "while :" is better and used a lot more often in the source tree.
OK? Index: bin/sleep/sleep.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/sleep/sleep.1,v retrieving revision 1.22 diff -u -p -r1.22 sleep.1 --- bin/sleep/sleep.1 16 Aug 2016 18:51:25 -0000 1.22 +++ bin/sleep/sleep.1 20 Dec 2016 21:46:07 -0000 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ job. .Pp To monitor the growth of a file without consuming too many resources: .Bd -literal -offset indent -while true; do +while :; do ls -l file sleep 5 done -- Michal Mazurek