Subject: bug#20575: possible bug with false?

From: Bob Proulx <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 11:22:54 -0600

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Brian Walsh wrote:
> > 'false --help' and 'false --version' print nothing and return an
> error. I honestly don't know if it's working as intended. If not,
> the man page needs to be updated.
> 
> I think you're using the shell builtin?
> 
> Try: env false --help

Just noting that this also has an FAQ entry.

  https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#I-am-having-a-problem-with-kill-nice-pwd-sleep-or-test_002e

  bash$ type -a false
  false is a shell builtin
  false is /bin/false

Bob