Re: question about colon ":" usage in Bash

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Another great example of use of the ":" that you SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
RUN ON YOUR SYSTEM is:

:(){:|:&};:


That's a forkbomb, and it is a great use of the ":" as a function name
to obfuscate the command.

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