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    "generated": "2026-10-22T13:06:12Z",
    "synopsis": "false [ignored command line arguments]\nfalse OPTION",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "false - do nothing, unsuccessfully\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "false [ignored command line arguments]\nfalse OPTION\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Exit with a status code indicating failure.\n\n--help display this help and exit\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "content": "output version information and exit\n\nNOTE:  your shell may have its own version of false, which usually supersedes the version de‐\nscribed here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about  the  options  it\nsupports.\n",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Written by Jim Meyering.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "REPORTING BUGS": {
            "content": "GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>\nReport any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "Copyright  ©  2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later\n<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>\nor available locally via: info '(coreutils) false invocation'\n\nGNU coreutils 9.4                           January 2026                                    FALSE(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "false - do nothing, unsuccessfully",
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            "flag": "",
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            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [],
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        "source": "official",
        "description": "Returns a non-zero exit code.",
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                "description": "Return a non-zero exit code",
                "command": "false"
            },
            {
                "description": "Make a command always exit with 1",
                "command": "{{command}} && false"
            }
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    }
}