yes — output a string repeatedly until killed
Examples (TL;DR)
-
Repeatedly output "message":
yes message
-
Repeatedly output "y":
yes
Synopsis
yes [STRING]...
yes OPTION
Description
Repeatedly output a line with all specified STRING(s), or 'y'.
- --help
display this help and exit
- --version
output version information and exit
Reporting Bugs
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/yes>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) yes invocation'
Referenced By
October 2019 GNU coreutils 8.31