Description of the option print0 in the command find (man page)

Shell Programming and Scripting
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This is the description of the option -print0 fon the command find in the man page:

What does the "True" in the first line of the description mean?

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These kinds of options can be either true or false. False means 'skip this file' because it fails to meet the other options requirements like age, file type... true means it doesn't change any other true/false evaluation that might have occurred on the file and if it is the only option it will always print.

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'False' would skip a following condition (that follows immediately or after a -a).
Example:

... -print0 -exec echo hello {} \;

The 'hello' is always done.

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guess it simply means that the option is set.