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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Iterating over a set in bash
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:13:06 -0800
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Lem Novantotto <Lem@none.invalid> writes:
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> $ while true; do echo yes; done |while read $w; do echo "$w and no"; done

"while true; do echo yes; done" can be equivalently written as "yes yes".

The "yes" command prints its arguments repeatedly.  With no argument, it
prints "y" repeatedly.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */