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 6.4 (Berkeley) 03/14/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Vx 10.Dd 11.Dt FALSE 1 12.Os BSD 4.2 13.Sh NAME 14.Nm false 15.Nd return false value 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm false 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19.Nm false 20is usually used in a Bourne shell script. 21It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running 22(or failing to run) a list of commands. 23.Pp 24The 25.Nm false 26utility always exits with a value other than zero. 27.Sh SEE ALSO 28.Xr csh 1 , 29.Xr sh 1 , 30.Xr true 1 31.Sh STANDARDS 32The 33.Nm false 34function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. 35