1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)false.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 07/24/90 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt FALSE 1 10.Os BSD 4.2 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm false 13.Nd return false value 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm false 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17.Nm false 18is usually used in a Bourne shell script. 19It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running 20(or failing to run) a list of commands. 21.Pp 22The 23.Nm false 24utility always exits with a value other than zero. 25.Sh SEE ALSO 26.Xr csh 1 , 27.Xr sh 1 , 28.Xr true 1 29.Sh STANDARDS 30The 31.Nm false 32function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. 33