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yes — Output something repeatedly. This command is commonly used to answer yes to every prompt by install

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Problem

How to use the yes command: Output something repeatedly. This command is commonly used to answer yes to every prompt by install commands (such as apt-get). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/yes-invocation.html>.

Solution

yes — Output something repeatedly. This command is commonly used to answer yes to every prompt by install commands (such as apt-get). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/yes-invocation.html>.

Repeatedly output y:
yes


Repeatedly output a specified value:
yes {{value}}


Accept everything prompted by the apt-get command:
yes | sudo apt-get install {{program}}


Repeatedly output a newline to always accept the default option of a prompt:
yes ''

Code Snippets

Repeatedly output `y`

yes

Repeatedly output a specified value

yes {{value}}

Accept everything prompted by the `apt-get` command

yes | sudo apt-get install {{program}}

Repeatedly output a newline to always accept the default option of a prompt

yes ''

Context

tldr-pages: common/yes

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