Hello,
I have found some commands in a forum under "top ten unix commands" topic and I'd like to ask: what does below command do:
Could it really be a command or a joke?
Code:
:(){ :|:& };:
Thanks
Boris
If you consider : as True, NOP or Pass and use the 'True' meaning then I will rewrite in a method that is understandable.
Code:
# Create a function True(), ':()'.
True()
{
# Call True ':' and Pipe '|' to itself True ':' in the Background '&'.
True | True &
}
# Command separator ';', valid in shell scripts using a newline in its place.
# Call it.
True
