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 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 16.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17.\" without specific prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" @(#)false.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 32.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/false/false.1,v 1.3.2.6 2001/12/14 15:53:29 ru Exp $ 33.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.bin/false/false.1,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:29:26 dillon Exp $ 34.\" 35.Dd June 6, 1993 36.Dt FALSE 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm false 40.Nd return false value 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46utility always returns with a non-zero exit code. 47.Pp 48Some shells may provide a builtin 49.Nm 50command which is identical to this utility. 51Consult the 52.Xr builtin 1 53manual page. 54.Sh SEE ALSO 55.Xr builtin 1 , 56.Xr csh 1 , 57.Xr sh 1 , 58.Xr true 1 59.Sh STANDARDS 60The 61.Nm 62utility is expected to be 63.St -p1003.2 64compatible. 65