Name
yes — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
yes [string]The yes command prints the
given string (or “y” by default) forever, one string per
line.
$ yes again again again again ...
Though it might seem useless at first glance, yes can be perfect for turning interactive
commands into batch commands. Want to get rid of an annoying “Are
you SURE you want to do that?” message? Pipe the output of yes into the input of the command to
answer all those prompts:
$ yes | my_interactive_commandWhen my_interactive_command
terminates, so will yes.
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