FALSE(1L) FALSE(1L) NNAAMMEE false - do nothing, unsuccessfully SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS ffaallssee ffaallssee {--help,--version} DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN This manual page documents the GNU version of ffaallssee (and probably every other version, as well). ffaallssee does noth- ing except return an exit status of 1, meaning ``fail- ure''. It can be used as a place holder in shell scripts where an unsuccessful command is needed. OOPPTTIIOONNSS When GNU ffaallssee is invoked with exactly one argument, the following options are recognized: _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n Print version information on standard output then exit successfully. FSF GNU Shell Utilities 1 .