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.TH FALSE 1 "11 January 1982"
.SH NAME
false, true \- provide truth values
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B true
.PP
.B false
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I True
and
.I false
are usually used in a Bourne shell script.
They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running 
(or failing to run) a list of commands.  
.SH EXAMPLE
.IP
.nf
     while false
     do
          command list 
     done
.SH "SEE ALSO"
csh(1),
sh(1),
true(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I False
has exit status nonzero.
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b3a0312f C	1	.TH FALSE 1 "11 January 1982"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	false, true \- provide truth values
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B true
	6	.PP
	7	.B false
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	.I True
	10	and
	11	.I false
	12	are usually used in a Bourne shell script.
	13	They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running
	14	(or failing to run) a list of commands.
	15	.SH EXAMPLE
	16	.IP
	17	.nf
	18	while false
	19	do
	20	command list
	21	done
	22	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	23	csh(1),
	24	sh(1),
	25	true(1)
	26	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
	27	.I False
	28	has exit status nonzero.