FALSE(1P)

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💖 FALSE(1P) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the POSIX Programmer's Manual ✨ this one's a classic. we're talking FALSE(1P), she's iconic, she's minimal, she's giving nothing and that's the whole point 🎀

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

so like, real talk first: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. the Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for details on Linux behavior, fr), or — plot twist — the interface may not even be implemented on Linux. so don't come for me if it's not there 💀

✨ NAME ✨

false — return false value 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

false

that's it. that's the whole thing. no args, no drama, no notes. 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The false utility shall return with a non-zero exit code. literally her only job and she does it flawlessly every single time. no cap.

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

None. zero. zilch. not a single flag. she doesn't need them 💖

🍓 OPERANDS 🍓

None. nothing to hand her. she's self-sufficient. main character energy.

🧚 STDIN 🧚

Not used. she is not reading your input. she does not care. 🙈

⭐ INPUT FILES ⭐

None. no files, no snacks, nothing.

💜 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 💜

None. she doesn't check the vibes of your env. she's unbothered.

🌸 ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS 🌸

Default. standard behavior, no special handling, we move.

🎀 STDOUT 🎀

Not used. silence. the most powerful thing a program can do, honestly.

🔥 STDERR 🔥

Not used. not even a little complaint. she's not gonna yell at you.

👑 OUTPUT FILES 👑

None. she writes nothing to disk. she leaves no trace. mysterious. ethereal.

✨ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION ✨

None. there is no extended description. there's barely a description. and yet, slay.

💖 EXIT STATUS 💖

The false utility shall always exit with a value other than zero. always. it's her whole personality. it's the point. periodt. 💅

🫶 CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS 🫶

Default.

okay so, heads up: the following sections are informative. they're the chill, non-normative ones — vibe notes, not rules. 😌

🌈 APPLICATION USAGE 🌈

None. no tips, no tricks, no "actually you should…". nothing. she simply exists.

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

None. she doesn't need a demo. the demo is her.

⭐ RATIONALE ⭐

None. no justification required. she is self-evident. iconic behavior only.

🧚 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🧚

None. she's perfect. she's staying exactly like this. do not touch her. 🙏

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • true — her opposite, her mirror, her rival, her bestie. the whole yin-yang situation. 🥹

so the legal tea, bestie, and I need you to read this part carefully because it's real:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document (yes, the original wins, always, no arguments). The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

ok and that's the whole page!! 💖 from IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, and yeah the page is literally titled FALSE(1P) — go forth and exit non-zero, you absolute legend 🫶✨💅
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