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yes                          Command                          yes




Print infinitely many responses

yyeess [ _a_n_s_w_e_r ]

With no argument, yes prints an arbitrary number of lines consis-
ting solely  of `y'.   If the optional  answer is used,  then yes
produces lines containing the answer instead.

***** Example *****

The following example prints the string ``foo'' forever.


             yes foo


***** See Also *****

commands

***** Notes *****

yes is useful for  overwriting the contents of disks, for reasons
of security; simply redirect its output to the name of the device
that you wish to overwrite.































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