Re: Bug/comment

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Hi Ilija,

On 30 January 2018 at 10:21, Ilija Pecelj <pecelj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Though it might not be considered a bug 'per se' it is definitely wired.
> Namely, when you type 'yes' word and hit enter in git bash for widnows, the
> process enters infinite loop and just prints 'y' letter in new line.

What you are seeing is a program called `yes`, the job of which is to
print the letter 'y' (or something else if requested) on a new line as
often as it can.

It is used, for example, when you want to answer 'yes' to all the
prompts a program may ask. See more at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(Unix)

I agree it's a little weird if you have no idea what it's doing, but
it is very useful and very old, used by many many different scripts
etc, and so unlikely to change.

Regards,

Andrew Ardill



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