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u mind sharing what ":(){:|:&}; :&" means?
by hdx 16y ago
u mind sharing what ":(){:|:&}; :&" means?
- callahad 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb
- chuhnk 16y ago:() is a function that accepts no arguments, it calls itself (recursion) then pipes the output to another call to itself that is backgrounded, basically two calls to the function. That is the function definition, it is then called and backgrounded via :& I am a true believer in the power of bash and despite the fact that it is not a programming language I will still try use it in that form just for fun.