2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/false.0

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


NAME
     false, true - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS
     true

     false

DESCRIPTION
     True and 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.

EXAMPLE

	       while false
	       do
		    command list
	       done

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), sh(1), true(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
     False has exit status nonzero.


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