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/usr/bin/false

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From coreutils 9.12-r7 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running false --help (exit 1). permalink

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Usage: /usr/bin/false [ignored command line arguments]
  or:  /usr/bin/false OPTION
Exit with a status code indicating failure.

      --help
         display this help and exit
      --version
         output version information and exit

Your shell may have its own version of false, which usually supersedes
the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation
for details about the options it supports.

Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) false invocation'
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpdisplay this help and exithelp + man
--versionoutput version information and exithelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.