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.TH FALSE "1" "December 2006" "false 6.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
false \- do nothing, unsuccessfully
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B false
[\fIignored command line arguments\fR]
.br
.B false
\fIOPTION\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Exit with a status code indicating failure.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
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.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B false
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B false
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info false
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.