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                      3: yes                          Command                          yes
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                      8: Print infinitely many responses
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                     10: yyeess [ _a_n_s_w_e_r ]
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                     12: With no argument, yes prints an arbitrary number of lines consis-
                     13: ting solely  of `y'.   If the optional  answer is used,  then yes
                     14: produces lines containing the answer instead.
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                     16: ***** Example *****
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                     18: The following example prints the string ``foo'' forever.
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                     21:              yes foo
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                     24: ***** See Also *****
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                     26: commands
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                     28: ***** Notes *****
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                     30: yes is useful for  overwriting the contents of disks, for reasons
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