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Re: Odd behaviour on Bash 2.04 and 2.05
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Odd behaviour on Bash 2.04 and 2.05 |
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Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:45:10 -0400 |
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yap_noel@jpmorgan.com wrote:
>> :(){ :|:&};:
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> Whenever you do this, you define a function ':' (that recursively calls
> itself twice in the background) then you call that function. Can the gurus
> confirm this?
Correct. Because of the pipe, bash also forks for each recursive
call.
paul