FALSE(1)                             BSD                              FALSE(1)



NAME
     false, true - provide truth values

SYNOPSIS
     true

     false

DESCRIPTION
     true and false are usually used in a Bourne shell script.  They test for
     the appropriate status, "true" or "false" before running (or failing to
     run) a list of commands. The typical use of these commands is shown
     below.


               while false
               do
                    command list
               done

DIAGNOSTICS
     false has exit status nonzero.

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), sh(1)