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1.1       root        1: .TH FALSE 1 "11 January 1982"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: false, true \- provide truth values
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B true
                      6: .PP
                      7: .B false
                      8: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      9: .I True
                     10: and
                     11: .I false
                     12: are usually used in a Bourne shell script.
                     13: They test for the appropriate status "true" or "false" before running 
                     14: (or failing to run) a list of commands.  
                     15: .SH EXAMPLE
                     16: .IP
                     17: .nf
                     18:      while false
                     19:      do
                     20:           command list 
                     21:      done
                     22: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     23: csh(1),
                     24: sh(1),
                     25: true(1)
                     26: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     27: .I False
                     28: has exit status nonzero.

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