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FALSE(1)                      User Commands                     FALSE(1)

NAME         top

       false - do nothing, unsuccessfully

SYNOPSIS         top

       false [ignored command line arguments]
       false OPTION

DESCRIPTION         top

       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.

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS         top

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       <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2024 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         top

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

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GNU coreutils 9.5              March 2024                       FALSE(1)

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