FALSE(1) User Commands FALSE(1)

false - do nothing, unsuccessfully

false [ignored command line arguments]
false OPTION

Exit with a status code indicating failure.

--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

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.

Written by Jim Meyering.

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or available locally via: info '(coreutils) false invocation'

September 2026 GNU coreutils 9.12