[NBLUG/talk] Yes

[Troy Arnold]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:00:36AM -0700, S. Saunders wrote:
> On Sat, April 2, 2005 15:54, A'fish'ionado said:
> 
> > It sure makes an impression, but what is it good for? I know people
> > must be using it, since it seems to be a standard part of Unix--but
> > what do you use it for?
> >
> > Just wondering,
> 
> It's sort of an "opposite" of /dev/null (where you toss output you
> don't need) -- when you need an arbitrarily-long stream of INput,
> you can get it from "yes".
> 
> Also, more-specifically, it will substitute for interactive input,
> if you have some program that wants more input (e.g. affirming to
> an automated query to continue) than you want to type.
> 
> I used to use it -- very occasionally -- but seldom do so any more.

Also very useful if you get in trouble in school:
$ yes "I will not fight in class."


;-)