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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)false.1     6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH FALSE 1 "April 29, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: false, true \- provide truth values
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B true
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B false
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I True
        !            17: and
        !            18: .I false
        !            19: are usually used in a Bourne shell script.
        !            20: They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running 
        !            21: (or failing to run) a list of commands.  
        !            22: .SH EXAMPLE
        !            23: .IP
        !            24: .nf
        !            25:      while false
        !            26:      do
        !            27:           command list 
        !            28:      done
        !            29: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            30: csh(1),
        !            31: sh(1),
        !            32: true(1)
        !            33: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            34: .I False
        !            35: has exit status nonzero.

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