4.3BSD-UWisc/man/cat1/false.1

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FALSE(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             FALSE(1)



NAME
     false, true - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS
     true

     false

DESCRIPTION
     _T_r_u_e and _f_a_l_s_e are usually used in a Bourne shell script.
     They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false"
     before running (or failing to run) a list of commands.

EXAMPLE

               while false
               do
                    command list
               done

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), sh(1), true(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
     _F_a_l_s_e has exit status nonzero.






























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