false
do nothing, unsuccessfully
Synopsis
false
[ignored command line arguments]
false OPTION
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
no example yet ...
... Feel free to add your own example above to help other Linux-lovers !
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.
copyright
Copyright © 2012 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.
reporting bugs
Report false bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report false translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
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.
author
Written by Jim
Meyering.