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

[ryan at is.as.geeky.as]

excellent, thanks, I forgot my shell function knowledge and also didn't
realise you could name functions with non-alpha characters.

Ryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Patrick" <cp at chem.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] :(){ :|:&};:


> On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:01:30 +0800, ryan at is.as.geeky.as wrote:
>
> | Just to clarify:
> |
> | bash-prompt$ :(){ :|:&};:
>
> Well, I haven't seen it before, but it isn't too hard to understand if you
have some experience with shell scripts. Better laid-out, it looks like:
>
> : ()
> {
>   : | : &
> };
> :
>
> another line et al.