false
Official Description
The false command returns a nonzero exit value.
Syntax
false
Options
None
Oddities
Typically used to check for nonzero exit status.
Can be considered a do-nothing, unsuccessful command.
Example
$ until false # Keeps looping until false returns true # (never happens) > do > date > done Sun Nov 26 17:38:22 EST 2000 Sun Nov 26 17:38:22 EST 2000 (...) CTRL+C
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