YES(1)

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version 9.10 · 5 versions
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✨ yes(1) — the girl who never stops talking 💅

ok so bestie, imagine a program that just... never shuts up. that's her. that's yes. she's from the User Commands section of the manual and she is so iconic for it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

yes — output a string repeatedly until killed 💀

like literally. until. killed. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

yes [STRING]...
yes OPTION

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the vibe: yes repeatedy spits out a whole line made of every STRING you gave her, over and over and over, forever. and if you're like "bestie i don't have a string to give you" — she's got you. she'll just say y. that's it. that's the whole personality. she's giving support, she's giving encouragement, she's giving infinite y 🌈

  • --help — shows you this help and then dips, exit stage left ✨
  • --version — outputs the version info and bounces, that's all, that's the tea 👑
heads up queen: she does NOT stop on her own. there's no polite ending. the description literally says "until killed" and it means it. if you run her raw in your terminal you WILL be sitting there watching y scroll until the heat death of the universe or until Ctrl+C. your choice honestly 🫶

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Written by David MacKenzie. king behaviour, we love him for this 💜

🍓 REPORTING BUGS 🍓

found something cursed? tell the people, don't just suffer in silence bestie 😭

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

🧚 the sign-off 🧚

Packaged by Ubuntu (9.10-1ubuntu2). Copyright © 2026 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.

and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 she's GNU coreutils 9.10, dated August 2026, and she ate. periodt. 🎀✨
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