A Unix fork bomb, DO NOT run it, it is dangerous. It will freeze the system and after 1 minute, the terminal will keep saying "bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable", and the system load will decrease slowly. New programs cannot be started when using fork bomb.
user@localhost ~$:(){ :|:& };:
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
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Pronounced "pipe". In a UNIX shell, it is used to redirect the standard output (stdout) of a command to the standard input (stdin) of the next.
ALso, in C, C++ and others, it is the symbol for the logical expression 'or'.
ALso, in C, C++ and others, it is the symbol for the logical expression 'or'.
$ ls | grep e
^^^ outputs all entries in current directory that have the letter 'e'. Takes output of 'ls' and supplies that as the pattern grep looks for.
this || that
^^^ literally resolves to "this or that"
^^^ outputs all entries in current directory that have the letter 'e'. Takes output of 'ls' and supplies that as the pattern grep looks for.
this || that
^^^ literally resolves to "this or that"
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