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Commands using yes

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yes | !!
2012-10-05 10:09:39
User: freck
Functions: yes
Tags: bash
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Do the last command, but say 'y' to everything

I doubt this works with other than bash, but then again, I havent tried.

The 'yes' utility is very simple, it outputs a hell of a lot of 'y's to standard input.

The '!!' command means 'the last command'. So this one-lines inputs a lot of y's into the last command, aggressively agreeing to everything. For instance, when doing apt-get.

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yes "" | cat -n | awk '{print "S=`echo All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. | cut -c",($1 - 1) % 43 + 1 "`;echo -n \"$S\";seq 500000 > /dev/null"}'| bash
2012-04-08 07:53:43
User: nati
Functions: awk cat yes
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The scene in the Shining (Stanley Kubrick)

Let's take a rest.

How about watch a horror?

The Shining

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)

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yes "$(seq 232 255;seq 254 -1 233)" | while read i; do printf "\x1b[48;5;${i}m\n"; sleep .01; done
2012-04-03 06:41:43
User: hogofogo
Functions: printf read sleep yes
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BW gradient
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yes 1 | fdupes -rd $folder
2011-06-02 18:15:24
User: torrid
Functions: yes
Tags: deduplicate
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delete duplicate files

This command deletes all but the first occurrence of a duplicate file in one or more folders.

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while true; do while [ `date +%H%M` == "1857" ] ; do sleep 1s; yes | head -n 2000 > /dev/dsp; done; done;
2011-04-23 14:44:26
User: mrwill
Functions: head sleep yes
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a simple alarm

this command will beep like an alarm for one minute from 18:57. you can change "1857" to your desired time.

you should have alsa-oss package installed, and you should also be root or part of "audio" group.

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sleep 15m; yes > /dev/dsp
2011-04-17 15:19:14
User: winemore
Functions: sleep yes
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Timer with sound alarm

Just replace 15m with desired time. no suffix or 's' for seconds; 'h' for hours

You need to be root or in audio group to write to /dev/dsp.

You may use yes | head -n 2000 for about 1 second beep.

Wrote this as echo -e '\a' not always works as desired (ex. visual bell)

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taskset 0x00000001 yes > /dev/null &
2011-04-03 07:23:53
User: kerim
Functions: taskset yes
Tags: cpu usage cpu test stress load average
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cpu stress test

For each cpu set mask and then monitor your cpu infos. Temp,load avg. etc.

For example for 2nd cpu or 2nd core

taskset 0x00000002 yes > /dev/null &

For example for 3rd cpu or 3rd core

taskset 0x00000004 yes > /dev/null &

For example for 4th cpu or 4th core

taskset 0x00000008 yes > /dev/null &

Monitor your cpu temp with this command if you want

watch -n1 "acpi -t"

Load avg. from top command

top

kerim@bayner.com

http://www.bayner.com/

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yes 'clear;printf "`date`\n" | figlet -f starwars | boxes;sleep 1' | sh
2011-02-16 03:58:19
User: lkjoel
Functions: printf sleep yes
Tags: figlet console clock revised beautiful
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Console clock -- Beautiful 2

This is a different version from my original command: Console clock -- Beautiful (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/7902/console-clock-beautiful )

This one uses Boxes and Figlet.

To install the dependencies on Ubuntu, type in:

sudo apt-get install boxes figlet

To install the dependencies on Debian, type in:

aptitude install boxes figlet
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yes 'clear;printf "\n\n`date`\n" | figlet -f starwars;sleep 1' | sh
2011-02-16 03:05:52
User: lkjoel
Functions: printf sleep yes
Tags: figlet console clock revised beautiful
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Console clock -- Beautiful

This will show a console clock with Figlet.

This is with the Star Wars font.

Change the -f option to anything else.

Notice: You need Figlet installed for this to work.

To install Figlet on Ubuntu, type in:

sudo apt-get install figlet

To install Figlet on Debian, type in:

aptitude install figlet
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yes 'clear;printf "\n\n\n\n\t\t\t`date`\n";sleep 1' | sh
2011-02-16 02:57:16
User: lkjoel
Functions: printf sleep yes
Tags: console clock revised
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Console clock -- Revised

This command will automatically clear the old clock time, and show the new clock time.

It will also slightly format it.

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yes "echo -ne '\r'\`date\`;sleep 1" | sh
2011-02-12 23:48:19
User: sraeder
Functions: yes
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Console clock
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yes n | cp something toSomeWhereElse
2010-09-25 00:51:05
User: wr8cr8
Functions: cp yes
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Say no to overwriting if cp -i is the default alias.
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yes '' | head -n100
2010-09-08 14:59:34
User: John_W
Functions: head yes
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Echo several blank lines
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yes n | cp -p -i -r <src> <dest>
2010-09-05 03:32:49
User: BohrMe
Functions: cp yes
Tags: yes cp
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Copy without overwriting
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yes|for x in one two three; do echo result - $x; done
2010-06-01 14:49:29
User: Panikos
Functions: echo yes
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iiterate through argument list and pass to command

simple bash one liner to pass multiple arguments to command one by one. optional yes/no pipe at beginning of command

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yes | pv | ssh $host "cat > /dev/null"
2009-12-27 21:34:23
User: opertinicy
Functions: ssh yes
Tags: ssh yes pv
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live ssh network throughput test

connects to host via ssh and displays the live transfer speed, directing all transferred data to /dev/null

needs pv installed

Debian: 'apt-get install pv'

Fedora: 'yum install pv' (may need the 'extras' repository enabled)

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yes "$(seq 1 255)" | while read i; do printf "\x1b[48;5;${i}m\n"; sleep .01; done
2009-09-05 04:01:23
User: unixmonkey4581
Functions: printf read sleep yes
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cycle through a 256 colour palette

Rainbow, instead of greys

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yes n
2009-08-22 20:32:23
User: elzapp
Functions: yes
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YES = NO
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yes | tr 'y' 'n'
2009-08-21 18:34:52
User: Diluted
Functions: tr yes
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YES = NO
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yes "$(seq 232 255;seq 254 -1 233)" | while read i; do printf "\x1b[48;5;${i}m\n"; sleep .01; done
2009-07-03 13:58:02
User: frans0023
Functions: printf read sleep yes
Tags: color shell demo
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Print a great grey scale demo !

Seen here: http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/terminal_colours/

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yes '' | cat -n
2009-04-22 17:58:46
User: flux
Functions: cat yes
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a short counter

Maybe you know shorter ?

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xvidcap --file filename.mpeg --fps 15 --cap_geometry 1680x1050+0+0 --rescale 25 --time 200.0 --start_no 0 --continue yes --gui no --auto
2009-03-24 08:49:15
User: tristan_ph
Functions: yes
Tags: xvidcap compiz
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Record your desktop

That will capture 200 seconds of video at fullscreen 1680x1050 resolution, but scaled down 25 percent, with 15 frames per second.

http://fusioncast.blogspot.com/2007/09/infobyte-how-i-record-my-desktop.html

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yes "text" | annoying_installer_program # "text" defaults to the letter y
2009-03-10 05:35:19
User: MaxToTheMax
Functions: yes
Tags: yes
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Repeatedly send a string to stdout-- useful for going through "yes I agree" screens
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yes 'Y'|gdb -ex 'p close(1)' -ex 'p creat("/tmp/output.txt",0600)' -ex 'q' -p pid
2009-02-20 17:36:57
User: adminzim
Functions: yes
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Redirect a filehandle from a currently running process.

This command uses the debugger to attach to a running process, and reassign a filehandle to a file.

The two commands executed in gdb are

p close(1) which closes STDOUT

and

p creat("/tmp/filename",0600)

which creates a file and opens it for output. Since file handles are assigned

sequentially, this command opens the file in place of STDOUT and once the process continues, new output to STDOUT will instead be written to our capture file.

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yes "$(seq 232 255;seq 254 -1 233)" | while read i; do printf "\x1b[48;5;${i}m\n"; sleep .01; done
2009-02-05 12:01:37
User: pixelbeat
Functions: printf read sleep yes
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cycle through a 256 colour palette

just for fun

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