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yes − output a string repeatedly until killed
yes
[string...]
yes {−−help,−−version}
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be inaccurate or incomplete. The Texinfo documentation is now the authoritative source.
This manual page documents the GNU version of yes. yes prints the command line arguments, separated by spaces and followed by a newline, forever until it is killed. If no arguments are given, it prints ’y’ followed by a newline forever until killed.
OPTIONS
When GNU yes is invoked with exactly one argument,
the following options are recognized:
−−help |
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. |
−−version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
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