FALSE(1POSIX)

📦 version 2017a, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 false(1POSIX) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the POSIX Programmer's Manual ✨ this lil page is false, and honestly? she's an icon for doing the absolute least and doing it perfectly 🎀

🫶 PROLOG 🫶

okay so real talk before we get into it: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so like, consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details on Linux behavior 🐧 — or honestly the interface might just not be implemented on Linux at all. vibe check accordingly 💀

✨ NAME ✨

false — return false value 🌸

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

false

that's it. that's the whole thing. no arguments, no flags, no drama. she simply is 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The false utility shall return with a non-zero exit code.

that's the job. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly every single time, no cap 🔥

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

None. zero. nada. not a single flag. she doesn't need them 💁‍♀️

🎀 OPERANDS 🎀

None. nothing to pass in. she's self-sufficient ✨

🍓 STDIN 🍓

Not used. don't even try to pipe into her, she's not listening 🙈

💜 INPUT FILES 💜

None. she reads nothing. she needs nothing. main character energy fr fr 👑

🧚 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🧚

None. your env vars mean nothing to her 💅

⭐ ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS ⭐

Default. standard behavior, no special handling, she's chill like that 🌸

🦋 STDOUT 🦋

Not used. she will not be printing anything. silence is golden ✨

🌸 STDERR 🌸

Not used. no error messages either. she's not gonna yell at you, she's just gonna... fail. quietly. gracefully 💀

🎀 OUTPUT FILES 🎀

None. she creates nothing. she leaves no trace 🌈

💖 EXTENDED DESCRIPTION 💖

None. there is no extended description. she is not extended. she is compact 💅

🔥 EXIT STATUS 🔥

The false utility shall always exit with a value other than zero.

like, always. that's the entire point of her existence and she is obsessed with it 💖

💀 CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS 💀

Default.

ok and just so you know, the following sections are informative — meaning they're like, extra context, not the strict requirements, iykyk 🫶

🌈 APPLICATION USAGE 🌈

None. nothing to add. she speaks for herself ✨

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

None. do you need an example of failing? bestie, you've got this 🙈

💜 RATIONALE 💜

None. no rationale needed. she's self-evident. iconic behavior 👑

🧚 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🧚

None. her future is... also false. consistent queen ⭐

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • true

(her opposite, her mirror, her nemesis, her soulmate — depending on the day 💅)

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. 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 .

and that's the whole page bestie!! brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, 2017, page FALSE(1POSIX) — mwah, stay false, stay iconic, exit non-zero 💖✨💅

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