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359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"	@(#)false.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 6, 1993
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt FALSE 1
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.2
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm false
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd return false value
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm false
459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm False
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis usually used in a Bourne shell script.
489b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIt tests for the appropriate status "false" before running
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(or failing to run) a list of commands.
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
519b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm false
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility always exits with a value other than zero.
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr csh 1 ,
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr sh 1 ,
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr true 1
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
599b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm false
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility is expected to be
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.St -p1003.2
639b50d902SRodney W. Grimescompatible.
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