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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

       NOTE:  your shell may have its own version of false, which usually supersedes the version de‐
       scribed here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about  the  options  it
       supports.

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2023 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 9.4                           January 2026                                    FALSE(1)