man > yes(1)

TLDR: yes (tldr-pages)

Output something repeatedly.

  • 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 ''
YES(1)                                      User Commands                                     YES(1)

NAME
       yes - output a string repeatedly until killed

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.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
       <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to
       the extent permitted by law.

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

GNU coreutils 9.4                           January 2026                                      YES(1)

Generated by phpman v4.10.0-7-g98e9fd5 · Markdown · JSON · MCP Author: Che Dong Under GNU General Public License
2026-09-12 07:51 @2600:1f28:365:80b0:6f72:a904:73b0:e266
CrawledBy CCBot/2.0 (https://commoncrawl.org/faq/)
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional!Valid CSS!