bash “if [ false ];” returns true instead of false — why?

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You are running the [ (aka test) command with the argument “false”, not running the command false. Since “false” is a non-empty string, the test command always succeeds. To actually run the command, drop the [ command.

if false; then
   echo "True"
else
   echo "False"
fi

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