FALSE(1) User Commands FALSE(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

false - do nothing, unsuccessfully

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**false** \[*ignored command line arguments*]  
**false** *OPTION*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Exit with a status code indicating failure.

[**--help**](#help)

display this help and exit

[**--version**](#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.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Written by Jim Meyering.

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.  
Report any translation bugs to: <https://translationproject.org/team/>.  
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>  
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>  
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) false invocation'

October 2026 GNU coreutils 9.12

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Document: false(1) from coreutils 9.12-r6 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git