Name
false
Synopsis
false
A do-nothing command that returns an unsuccessful (nonzero) exit status. Normally used in Bourne shell scripts. See also true.
false is built into most modern shells.
Examples
# This loop never executes while false docommands
done # This loop executes forever until false docommands
done
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