FALSE(1)

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version 9.12 · 45 versions
, in arch rolling

💖 FALSE(1) — the girl who says no 💅

okay bestie, buckle up, because this page is about the most unbothered icon in all of GNU coreutils: false. she's from User Commands, she's in section 1, and she does exactly one thing. spoiler: it's failing. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

false — do nothing, unsuccessfully 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

false [ignored command line arguments]
false OPTION

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Exit with a status code indicating failure. that's it. that's the whole job. she wakes up, she fails, she goes home. main character energy fr fr 💀

  • --help — display this help and exit
  • --version — output version information and exit
ngl bestie, your shell may have its own version of false, which usually supersedes the version described here. so like, check your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports, okay? don't come for me. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Jim Meyering. king behavior, no cap. 🫶

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? spill it, bestie:

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. like, literally none. zero. zip. 🫠

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

and that's the vibe check, babe 💜 this was GNU coreutils 9.12, dated September 2026, filed under FALSE(1). slay, stay failing, mwah 💅✨

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