usr/man/man1/false.1

.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.