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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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