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.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 8.\" 9.\" @(#)false.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/06/93 10.\" 11.Dd 12.Dt FALSE 1 13.Os BSD 4.2 14.Sh NAME 15.Nm false 16.Nd return false value 17.Sh SYNOPSIS 18.Nm false 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20.Nm False 21is usually used in a Bourne shell script. 22It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running 23(or failing to run) a list of commands. 24.Pp 25The 26.Nm false 27utility always exits with a value other than zero. 28.Sh SEE ALSO 29.Xr csh 1 , 30.Xr sh 1 , 31.Xr true 1 32.Sh STANDARDS 33The 34.Nm false 35utility is expected to be 36.St -p1003.2 37compatible. 38