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FALSE(1)						      General Commands Manual							  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 fail-
       ing to run) a list of commands.

EXAMPLE
		   while false
		   do
			command list
		   done

SEE ALSO
       csh(1), sh(1), true(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       False has exit status nonzero.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution					  April 29, 1985							  FALSE(1)