GNU bug report logs - #20575
possible bug with false?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Brian Walsh <brianwalsh1990 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 15:45:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Brian Walsh <brianwalsh1990 <at> gmail.com>, 20575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20575: possible bug with false?
Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 16:55:44 +0100

tag 20575 notabug
close 20575
stop

On 14/05/15 16:30, 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

cheers,
Pádraig
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