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Name

false - do nothing, unsuccessfully

Synopsis

false [\,ignored command line arguments\/] false \,OPTION\/

Description

Exit with a status code indicating failure.

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of false, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

Author

Written by Jim Meyering.

Reporting Bugs

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false> or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) false invocation\(aq