Re: /dev/one - why not /dev/repeat?

Dave Cinege (dcinege@psychosis.com)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:52:04 -0500

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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