.TH false "" "" Command
.PC "Unconditional failure"
\fBfalse\fR
.PP
.B false
does nothing.
It is guaranteed to fail.
It can be useful in shell scripts, to force certain situations
to occur.
.SH "See Also"
.Xr "commands," commands
.Xr "ksh," ksh
.Xr "sh," sh
.Xr "true" true
.SH Notes
Under the Korn shell,
.B false
is an alias for its built-in command
.BR let .
