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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.

AUTHOR

       Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report false bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.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/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2010  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.