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false

v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0
Returns false, an unsuccessful exit status.

Immediately returns with the exit status 1. When invoked with one of the recognized options it will try to write the help or version text. Any IO error during this operation is diagnosed, yet the program will also return 1.

Options

--help

Print help information

--version

false-version-text

Examples

Return a non-zero exit code:

false

Make a command always exit with 1:

{{command}} && false

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project under the CC BY 4.0 License.

Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.