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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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