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.