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  ©  2013  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.