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From: jerryp@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Jerry Peek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Public Domain version of: yes(1)
Message-ID: <338@cmx.npac.syr.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 88 16:48:18 GMT
References: <Apr.1.21.15.54.1988.3010@eagles.rutgers.edu> <26369@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <2561@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: jerryp@cmx.npac.syr.edu (Jerry Peek)
Organization: Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse NY
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Keywords: Free Software

[Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup; I don't see an "alt.sources.d"...]

In article <2561@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> As you all know, some UNIX users alias "rm" to "rm -i", even though
> this is unwise.
> 
> Once you alias "rm" to "rm -i", deleting files becomes a hassle.  So
> you can now do
> 
>      rm < yes
> 
> to delete specified files without having to type y for each file.

He means

	yes | rm filenames...

Rahul's example would make the "rm" command read its answers from
a *file* named "yes" (not the *command*).

--Jerry Peek, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse, NY
  jerryp@amax.npac.syr.edu
  (315)423-1722