Does anyone know why `yes` exists, what it potentially could be useful for and why the heck it is part of coreutils? 😆
#gnu #linux #yes #yestr #asknostr
My guess is something with teletype, maybe catching input or so. I really wonder though because these days just why
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For scripts, to automate things that expect user input of the (y/N)? type. It is a little weird though, sure.
So I thought too, but it's for backwards compat to teletypes? I mean, there is `read` 🤔
