3 Nov
2004
3 Nov
'04
10:01 p.m.
On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 10:47:12PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
When typed into a bash prompt
:(){ :|:&};:
I have been told it does bad things so don't try it, is it folklore or does it really do something nasty ?
Looking at it, I'd say it creates a function called : and then recursively executes itself through itself... probably ends in an infinite loop, with lots and lots and lots of forks.
Though, I could be wrong :)
If anyone else can see anything obvious, that I've missed, I'd be interested.
Thanks,
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Brett Parker
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