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YES(1)  —  Unix Programmer’s Manual

NAME

yes − print text repeatedly

SYNOPSIS

yes [ text ]

DESCRIPTION

Yes repeatedly outputs “y”.  If you type yes and some text on the command line, yes repeats the text ad infinitum.  Termination is by rubout. 

EXAMPLE

yes "This is a test." outputs:

This is a test.
This is a test.
This is a test.
This is a test.

and so on until you type rubout.

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  April 29, 1985

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