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1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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41.Sh NAME
42.Nm false
43.Nd return false value
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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41.Sh NAME
42.Nm false
43.Nd return false value
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49command is usually used in a Bourne shell script.
50It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running
51(or failing to run) a list of commands.
52.Pp
53The
54.Nm
55utility always exits with a value other than zero.
49utility always returns with a non-zero exit code.
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr csh 1 ,
58.Xr sh 1 ,
59.Xr true 1
60.Sh STANDARDS
61The
62.Nm
63utility is expected to be
64.St -p1003.2
65compatible.
50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr csh 1 ,
52.Xr sh 1 ,
53.Xr true 1
54.Sh STANDARDS
55The
56.Nm
57utility is expected to be
58.St -p1003.2
59compatible.