Is there a Linux command similar to yes but one that outputs newlines? Something like
$ yes enter
That outputs
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Similar too how yes 'foo' outputs
foo
foo
foo
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Similar to what was mentioned in the comments, this will do it:
yes '<enter>'
Will output the literal string <enter>, or you can use '' for newlines.
yes ''
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Thanks for the edit @EvanCarroll. I considered adding that as well but wasn't convinced that was what the OP wanted. – Timothy Martin May 10 '18 at 22:37
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just tried in osx
~$ yes ''| cp -i a.a b.band it saidoverwrite b.b? (y/n [n]) not overwritten– barlop May 24 '19 at 15:28
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Well, if yes '' wasn't good enough (and it is) but you just wanted to show off by being more esoteric you could always do
tr \\000 \\n < /dev/zero
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yes enter? – iruvar May 10 '18 at 21:43<enter>do you mean the literal string<enter>or the carriage return? – jesse_b May 10 '18 at 21:49yesan empty string argument i.e.yes ''- if you just want repeated newlines – steeldriver May 10 '18 at 22:06