What does this do: :(){ :|:& };:
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I was reading through encyclopedia dramatica and saw that command.
It just being above rm -rf / --a-flag-we-don't-mention-here
makes me anxious about trying it out to see. Any insights on what it might be? I tried googling but the symbols make it impossible to search.
--no-preserve-root
. It disables the checks to prevent deletions from the root user, so use very carefully.