Let's say I have ls | xargs -n1 -p rm, how do I use yes or yes n to automatically answer the questions generated by the -p flag?I tried yes n | (ls | xargs -n1 -p rm) but didn't work.P.S. I tried to add the yes tag, but didn't have enough rep.UPDATE: The question is not really about rm, it's about how to use yes properly. I have an alias or a function that uses xargs -p and I like the fact that it asks me and shows me what it's doing before doing it. When I know what it will do, I would like to be able to use yes to automatically go through all of the xargs -p in the function.  So even though the example uses rm, it's not really about it.  Also just to be extra clear, I don't want to modify my alias or function to use or not use -p.  I rather just input yes externally.  Tbh I thought that something like yes | some_function_asking_me_questions or some_function_asking_me_questions <( yes ) would have worked, but it didn't. 2nd EDIT: Another example: I have an alias to list AWS SNS topics in a region like: alias delete_snstopics=list_sns | cut -f 2 | xargs -n1 -p aws sns delete-topic --topic-arn Then I have a function that for each region in AWS finds and prompts for deletion for those SNS topics. I want to see the aws sns delete-topic --topic-arn $1 that the xargs would run, because the id of the SNS topic is different every time and if something goes wrong I can match up the SNS id in the web console.  Moreover at times I might not want to delete the SNS topic in a particular region.  And that's why I want to use yes with this function, so that I can use the same function for partial deletion and full deletion, and still get useful output.  Makes sense? 
How to use `yes` with `xargs -p`?
xargs