Questions tagged [yes]
For the questions about `yes` command which outputs a string repeatedly until killed
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If /dev/random is implemented as a pseudo-device, why isn't “yes”? [closed]
yes produces a stream of "y" chars, or other requested.
If Unixen have a pseudodevice for random numbers, why not useful streams like this too?
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How to pipe a 'yes' or 'y' into a program while invoked with 'sudo' in bash?
How to pipe a Y or yes to a program while invoking with sudo?
We can type like this
yes | command
yes | yum update
How to pipe the y from yes into a program via sudo like the following?
yes| sudo ...
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How to exit out of a 'yes' loop [closed]
Using the command yes you can make a loop in the Linux terminal.
How do you exit out of said loop?
(I tried Ctrl+C but it didn't work).
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yes | apt-get install --fix-broken
I am trying to write a non-interactive system update script.
Question:
if the following works well:
yes | dpkg --configure -a
will the following work also very well?:
yes | apt-get install --fix-...
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How does `yes` write to file so quickly?
Let me give an example:
$ timeout 1 yes "GNU" > file1
$ wc -l file1
11504640 file1
$ for ((sec0=`date +%S`;sec<=$(($sec0+5));sec=`date +%S`)); do echo "GNU" >> file2; done
$ wc -l file2
...
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How to use `yes` with `xargs -p`?
Let's say I have ls | xargs -n1 -p rm, how do I use yes or yes n to automatically answer the questions generated by the -p flag?
I tried yes n | (ls | xargs -n1 -p rm) but didn't work.
UPDATE: The ...
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What is the point of the “yes” command?
There is a yes command in unix/linux which basically infinitely prints y to the stdout. What is the point of it, and how is it useful?
