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YES(1) YES(1)
NAME
yes - output a string repeatedly until killed
SYNOPSIS
yes [string...]
yes {--help,--version}
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of yes. yes
prints the command line arguments, separated by spaces and
followed by a newline, forever until it is killed. If no
arguments are given, it prints `y' followed by a newline
forever until killed.
OPTIONS
When GNU yes is invoked with exactly one argument, the
following options are recognized:
--help Print a usage message on standard output and exit
successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output then
exit successfully.
FSF GNU Shell Utilities 1
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