[jszymborski]

what the... is that supposed to be piped into cli programs that don't have a -y switch?

[xxpor]

Yes.

I have a program at work that does something like

Do you want to remove x from y? [y/n]

Do you want to remove z from y? [y/n]

Do you want to remove a from y? [y/n]

etc. etc, 100s of times. yes is a lifesaver.

I also like how it's used as an experiment for basic optimization: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/4wde08/optimising_yes...

4.5 GB/s of 'y'. Hilarious.

[Crespyl]

yes

[eridius]

Yes, that's exactly what it's for.