yes confirms forever by showing y continuously. If followed by a parameter, it repeats the parameter.
$ yes
y
y
y
y
y
^C
$
It is useful when you are sure what you are doing. For instance, if you want to delete a set of write protected files:
$ yes | rm file_proctected*.txt
Enjoy!
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