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.

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

AUTHOR¶

Written by Jim Meyering.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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¶

The full documentation for false is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and false programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'false invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.