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I find it bothersome that the "yes" command outputs "y" by default instead of "yes". False advertising! Since Unix loves short concise command names, why not ju
by DonHopkins 4y ago
I find it bothersome that the "yes" command outputs "y" by default instead of "yes". False advertising! Since Unix loves short concise command names, why not just name it "y"?
- purpleidea 4y agoIt does so you can pipe to commands that want a string of "press y/N" sort of things. If you want yes write `yes yes`. And one character commands are almost generally avoided. So don't name it "y".
- kaba0 4y agoI think it was just a joke from parent, not a legitimate question.
- DonHopkins 4y ago$ y not not not not not not not not not ...