yes - Man Page

output a string repeatedly until killed

Examples (TL;DR)

Synopsis

yes [STRING]...
yes OPTION

Description

Repeatedly output a line with all specified STRING(s), or 'y'.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

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See Also

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/yes>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) yes invocation'

Referenced By

nm-settings(5), spausedd(8).

September 2025 GNU coreutils 9.8