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- ' $Header: /a/newcmds/false/RCS/false.man,v 1.2 88/12/29 13:10:53 ouster Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS FALSE cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- false \- Return a non-zero status
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBfalse\fR
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- This command does nothing except return a non-zero status.
- It is normally used in Bourne shell scripts for loop control
- and other conditional operations.
-
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- sh(1), true(1)
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- false, shell, status
-