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Manual Reference Pages  - _yes (1)

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NAME

_yes(1f) - [FUNIX] output a string repeatedly until killed or limit is reached

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Examples
Reporting Bugs
See Also

SYNOPSIS

_yes [STRING] -help -version [ -repeat N]

DESCRIPTION

_yes(1) prints the command line arguments, separated by spaces and followed by a newline until the repeat count is reached or endlessly until it is killed. If no arguments are given, it prints ’’y’’ followed by a newline endlessly until killed. Upon a write error, _yes(1) exits with status "1".

       -repeat N  specify number of times to display string
       --help     display this help and exit
       --version  output version information and exit

To output an argument that begins with -, precede it with --, e.g.,

       _yes -- --help.

EXAMPLES

Sample commands

       # repeat a command 20 times, pausing and clearing:
       _yes  date --repeat 20  |xargs -iXX  sh -c ’’XX;sleep 2;clear’’

REPORTING BUGS

Report _yes bugs to <http://www.urbanjost.altervista.org/index.html>

SEE ALSO

yes(1), repeat(1), xargs(1)

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_yes (1)

March 11, 2021

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