#!/bin/sh
# Shell script version of the 'y' unix executable.
# Used for defaulting one value to all inputs of another program.
# Usage: y [-l] [text]
#   With no text or -l, output defaults to 'y'.
#   Without -l, Only the first letter of text is output.
#   With -l, without text, output defaults to 'yes'.

if [ "$1" = "-l" ]; then
  LONG=1
  shift
fi

TEXT=$1
if [ "$TEXT" = "" ]; then
  TEXT=yes
fi

if [ "$LONG" = "1" ]; then
  :
else
  TEXT=`echo $TEXT | awk '{print substr($1,1,1)}'`
fi

while : ; do
  echo $TEXT
done