osf1 man page for yes

Query: yes

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yes(1)							      General Commands Manual							    yes(1)

NAME
yes - Affirms repetitively
SYNOPSIS
yes [explication]
DESCRIPTION
The yes command repeatedly outputs y, or the locale's equivalent of a y, or, if specified, explication. (The LC_MESSAGES variable deter- mines 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
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
Determines the behavior of character classes used in the extended regular expression defined for the yesexpr locale keyword in the LC_MES- SAGES category. Determines the locale for the processing of affirmative responses. yes(1)
Related Man Pages
locale(1) - opensolaris
rm(1) - osf1
strip(1) - osf1
rpmatch(3) - osf1
gettxt(1) - centos
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