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Re:How fast are Linux pipes anyway? by rocqua on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:41AM (#31595480)
Yes doesn't just let you choose a character. It lets you choose a string that will be repeated. So

    yes 123abc
will print

    123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc
and so on.
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Re:How fast are Linux pipes anyway? by jolmg on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:13PM (#31601200)
each time terminated by a newline, so:

  123abc
  123abc
  123abc
  ...
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