yes - Man Page
output a string repeatedly until killed
Examples (TL;DR)
- Repeatedly output "message":
yes message
- Repeatedly output "y":
yes
- Accept everything prompted by the
apt-get
command:yes | sudo apt-get install program
- Repeatedly output a newline to always accept the default option of a prompt:
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
Author
Written by David MacKenzie.
Reporting Bugs
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Copyright
Copyright © 2024 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
November 2024 GNU coreutils 9.5