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.TH FALSE 1 "April 29, 1985"
.UC 5
.SH NAME
false, true \- provide truth values
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B true
.PP
.B false
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I True
and
.I false
are usually used in a Bourne shell script.
They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running 
(or failing to run) a list of commands.  
.SH EXAMPLE
.IP
.nf
     while false
     do
          command list 
     done
.SH "SEE ALSO"
csh(1),
sh(1),
true(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I False
has exit status nonzero.

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