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FALSE(1)                                            User Commands                                            FALSE(1)



NAME
       false - do nothing, unsuccessfully

SYNOPSIS
       false [ignored command line arguments]
       false OPTION

DESCRIPTION
       Exit with a status code indicating failure.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       NOTE:  your  shell  may  have  its  own version of false, which usually supersedes the version described here.
       Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>  Report  false  translation  bugs   to
       <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   ©   2013   Free   Software   Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for false is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and false programs are prop‐
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'false invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                            FALSE(1)