| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. |
| 4 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" @(#)false.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .TH FALSE 1 "" |
| 8 | .UC 5 |
| 9 | .SH NAME |
| 10 | false, true \- provide truth values |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 12 | .B true |
| 13 | .PP |
| 14 | .B false |
| 15 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 16 | .I True |
| 17 | and |
| 18 | .I false |
| 19 | are usually used in a Bourne shell script. |
| 20 | They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running |
| 21 | (or failing to run) a list of commands. |
| 22 | .SH EXAMPLE |
| 23 | .IP |
| 24 | .nf |
| 25 | while false |
| 26 | do |
| 27 | command list |
| 28 | done |
| 29 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 30 | csh(1), |
| 31 | sh(1), |
| 32 | true(1) |
| 33 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS |
| 34 | .I False |
| 35 | has exit status nonzero. |