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| d9d7a9f0 CL |
1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| ed68ddb1 | 3 | .\" |
| cf136d2c KB |
4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by |
| 5 | .\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. | |
| ed68ddb1 | 6 | .\" |
| 4808ee96 CL |
7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
| 8 | .\" | |
| 9 | .\" @(#)false.1 6.6 (Berkeley) %G% | |
| d9d7a9f0 CL |
10 | .\" |
| 11 | .Dd | |
| 12 | .Dt FALSE 1 | |
| 13 | .Os BSD 4.2 | |
| 14 | .Sh NAME | |
| 15 | .Nm false | |
| 16 | .Nd return false value | |
| 17 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 18 | .Nm false | |
| 19 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 4808ee96 | 20 | .Nm False |
| d9d7a9f0 CL |
21 | is usually used in a Bourne shell script. |
| 22 | It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running | |
| ed68ddb1 | 23 | (or failing to run) a list of commands. |
| d9d7a9f0 CL |
24 | .Pp |
| 25 | The | |
| 26 | .Nm false | |
| 27 | utility always exits with a value other than zero. | |
| 28 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 29 | .Xr csh 1 , | |
| 30 | .Xr sh 1 , | |
| 31 | .Xr true 1 | |
| 32 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
| 33 | The | |
| 34 | .Nm false | |
| 4808ee96 CL |
35 | utility is expected to be |
| 36 | .St -p1003.2 | |
| 37 | compatible. |