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FALSE(1)			 User Commands			      FALSE(1)

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

       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
       Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2025 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 '(coreutils) false invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.8		September 2025			      FALSE(1)

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System Information

GNU coreutils 9.8 1.0.0
Updated September 2025
Maintained by Unknown

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