false(1)

false1

Return false value

Usage

false

Overview

The false utility always exits with a non-zero exit code.

Exit status

The false utility always exits with a non-zero exit code.

Releases

61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 6 times.

  1. 2.1–2.3
  2. 2.4–2.5
  3. 2.6–3.3
  4. 3.4–4.1
  5. 4.2–4.4
  6. 4.5–4.8
  7. 4.9–8.0

Standards

The false utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”) specification.

false also exists as a built-in to ksh(1).

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.