usr/man/cat1/false.0



FALSE(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             FALSE(1)


N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     false, true - provide truth values

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     t\btr\bru\bue\be

     f\bfa\bal\bls\bse\be

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     _\bT_\br_\bu_\be and _\bf_\ba_\bl_\bs_\be 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.

E\bEX\bXA\bAM\bMP\bPL\bLE\bE

               while false
               do
                    command list
               done

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     csh(1), sh(1), true(1)

D\bDI\bIA\bAG\bGN\bNO\bOS\bST\bTI\bIC\bCS\bS
     _\bF_\ba_\bl_\bs_\be has exit status nonzero.


Printed 7/9/88           April 29, 1985                         1