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Bash , 12##12

Note: This is destructive.

:(){ :|:&};:

It's the popular bash fork-bomb. It exponentially eats all memory and PID's locking up the system. A hard-reboot will allow the code to be run again though why would you want to do that?


Bash , 10

:(){ :&};:

For two less chars, this eats your memory linearly.


Bash , 7

w;PATH=

w is chosen as the shortest executable that I could think of.

This simply erases the path variable so the shell can't find /usr/bin/w the next time. Restarting the shell fixes it as the path is usually stored in ~/.profile

Bash , 12##

Note: This is destructive.

:(){ :|:&};:

It's the popular bash fork-bomb. It exponentially eats all memory and PID's locking up the system. A hard-reboot will allow the code to be run again though why would you want to do that?


Bash , 10

:(){ :&};:

For two less chars, this eats your memory linearly.


Bash , 7

w;PATH=

w is chosen as the shortest executable that I could think of.

This simply erases the path variable so the shell can't find /usr/bin/w the next time. Restarting the shell fixes it as the path is usually stored in ~/.profile

Bash , 12

Note: This is destructive.

:(){ :|:&};:

It's the popular bash fork-bomb. It exponentially eats all memory and PID's locking up the system. A hard-reboot will allow the code to be run again though why would you want to do that?


Bash , 10

:(){ :&};:

For two less chars, this eats your memory linearly.


Bash , 7

w;PATH=

w is chosen as the shortest executable that I could think of.

This simply erases the path variable so the shell can't find /usr/bin/w the next time. Restarting the shell fixes it as the path is usually stored in ~/.profile

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Bash , 12##

Note: This is destructive.

:(){ :|:&};:

It's the popular bash fork-bomb. It exponentially eats all memory and PID's locking up the system. A hard-reboot will allow the code to be run again though why would you want to do that?


Bash , 10

:(){ :&};:

For two less chars, this eats your memory linearly.


Bash , 7

w;PATH=

w is chosen as the shortest executable that I could think of.

This simply erases the path variable so the shell can't find /usr/bin/w the next time. Restarting the shell fixes it as the path is usually stored in ~/.profile

Bash , 12##

Note: This is destructive.

:(){ :|:&};:

It's the popular bash fork-bomb. It exponentially eats all memory and PID's locking up the system. A hard-reboot will allow the code to be run again though why would you want to do that?


Bash , 10

:(){ :&};:

For two less chars, this eats your memory linearly.

Bash , 12##

Note: This is destructive.

:(){ :|:&};:

It's the popular bash fork-bomb. It exponentially eats all memory and PID's locking up the system. A hard-reboot will allow the code to be run again though why would you want to do that?


Bash , 10

:(){ :&};:

For two less chars, this eats your memory linearly.


Bash , 7

w;PATH=

w is chosen as the shortest executable that I could think of.

This simply erases the path variable so the shell can't find /usr/bin/w the next time. Restarting the shell fixes it as the path is usually stored in ~/.profile

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user80551
  • 2.6k
  • 19
  • 26

Bash , 12##

Note: This is destructive.

:(){ :|:&};:

It's the popular bash fork-bomb. It exponentially eats all memory and PID's locking up the system. A hard-reboot will allow the code to be run again though why would you want to do that?


Bash , 10

:(){ :&};:

For two less chars, this eats your memory linearly.

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