YES(1) General Commands Manual YES(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

yes - Repeatedly display a line with STRING (or 'y')

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**yes** \[STRING]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Repeatedly display a line with STRING (or 'y')

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version

\[*STRING*] \[default: y]

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-10-12

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Document: yes(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils