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Noble
Noble asked in Computers & InternetProgramming & Design · 6 years ago

Anyone know what this bash command does? {:}[:[]{;'?

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  • Rev
    6 years ago
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    This looks like a fork bomb; not a good thing to execute on a linux box. Read more here

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb

  • Noble
    6 years ago

    i launched it on accident and something weird popped up and closed immediatly... o.o

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