yes(1)

be repetitively affirmative

linux
freebsd
openbsd
macos

NAME

yes – be repetitively affirmative

SYNOPSIS

yes [expletive ...]

DESCRIPTION

The yes utility outputs expletive, or, by default, “y”, forever. If multiple arguments are given, they are concatenated into a single space-separated string.

HISTORY

The yes command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

History

FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27) to FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE: the text shown here
FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE to FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE to FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE to FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE

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