[plug] :(){ :|:&};:

[ryan at is.as.geeky.as]

No, the topic is not corrupt, it is a bash script that a few of you may have
seen before.

It appears to fork to eternity under the guise of a single PID.  Is anyone
able to explain to me how it does so?  Break it down for the slower ones
amongst us, the only thing I recognise in context is '&'

Just to clarify:

bash-prompt$ :(){ :|:&};:

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WARNING: don't run this script if you don't know what you are doing.
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Thanks,

Ryan