teh c00l3st f0rk b0mb for your shell. Thanks for a great explanation from MAB.

. () { . | . & } ; .
0 1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

0 - function name of our newly defined function
1 - parentheses declare a function with no (here optional) arguments
2 - block begins
3 - call self, the newly defined function (recursive)
4 - open a pipe to another process
5 - call self, the newly defined function (recursive)
6 - fork! (put the whole thing in the background)
7 - block ends
8 - end complex statement [ function declaration ]
9 - run that function!

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