Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:52:04 -0500 | From | Dave Cinege <> | Subject | Re: /dev/one - why not /dev/repeat? |
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kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net wrote: > > And lo, thunder7@xs4all.nl saith unto me: > > > > > Charles Cazabon wrote: > > > |> > > > |> >> Hmmm I guess we need a /dev/one? (Actually not a bad thing to have) > > > > > Are there advantages in having something like /dev/repeat? > > > > echo -n "echo this" > /dev/repeat > > man yes
"yes prints the command line arguments, separated by spaces and followed by a newline, forever until it is killed."
#1 it outputs a newline. #2 its action is not that of a bitbucket device. It outputs. It does not hold waiting for a read.
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