Annotation of 43BSDReno/usr.bin/false/false.1, revision 1.1

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        !            20: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            21: .Dt FALSE 1
        !            22: .Os BSD 4.2
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm false
        !            25: .Nd Return false value.
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm false
        !            28: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            29: .Nm false
        !            30: is usually used in a Bourne shell script.
        !            31: It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running 
        !            32: (or failing to run) a list of commands.  
        !            33: .Pp
        !            34: The
        !            35: .Nm false
        !            36: utility always exits with a value other than zero.
        !            37: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            38: .Xr csh 1 ,
        !            39: .Xr sh 1 ,
        !            40: .Xr true 1
        !            41: .Sh STANDARDS
        !            42: The
        !            43: .Nm false
        !            44: function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.

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