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YES(1L)

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 false 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.

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