NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       yes - Affirms repetitively

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       yes [explication]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  yes  command  repeatedly  outputs  y, or the locale's
       equivalent of a y, or, if  specified,  explication.   (The
       LC_MESSAGES variable determines the locale's equivalent of
       y or n (for yes/no queries)).

       The yes command is useful for providing  continuous  input
       to  a program.  Terminate output by pressing the Interrupt
       key sequence.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       To delete all files in a directory (using the rm  command)
       and  automatically  send  an  affirmative  response to the
       request for confirmation, enter: yes | rm -i *

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       Determines the behavior of character classes used  in  the
       extended regular expression defined for the yesexpr locale
       keyword  in  the  LC_MESSAGES  category.   Determines  the
       locale for the processing of affirmative responses.



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