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Comment by mktemp-d

8 hours ago

For typing “yes” or “y” automatically into command prompts without interacting, you could have utilized the command ‘yes’ and piped it into the process you’re running as a first attempt to solving the yes problem. https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/yes.1.html

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rvz  8 hours ago

I don't think this is an actual problem and the prompt is there for a reason.

Piping 'yes' to command prompts just to auto-approve any change isn't really a good idea, especially when the code / script can be malicious.

  • thunfischbrot  8 hours ago

    And here I was hoping OP was being sarcastic. Yet it‘s reasonable we‘re nearing an AI-fueled Homer drinking bird scenario.

    Some concepts people try out using AI (for lack of a more specific word) are interesting. They will add to our collective understanding of when these tools, paired with meaningful methods can be used to effectively achieve what seemed out of reach before.

    Unfortunately it comes with many rediscovering insights I thought we already had, badly. Others use tools without giving consideration to what they were looking to accomplish, and how they would know if they did.