2002-04-01 16:05:47 +00:00
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#!/bin/bash
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# stupid-script-tricks.sh: Don't try this at home, folks.
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2002-07-22 15:11:51 +00:00
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# From "Stupid Script Tricks," Volume I.
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2012-11-27 14:56:18 +00:00
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exit 99 ### Comment out this line if you dare.
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2002-04-01 16:05:47 +00:00
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dangerous_variable=`cat /boot/vmlinuz` # The compressed Linux kernel itself.
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echo "string-length of \$dangerous_variable = ${#dangerous_variable}"
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# string-length of $dangerous_variable = 794151
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2012-11-27 14:56:18 +00:00
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# (Newer kernels are bigger.)
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# Does not give same count as 'wc -c /boot/vmlinuz'.
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2002-04-01 16:05:47 +00:00
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# echo "$dangerous_variable"
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# Don't try this! It would hang the script.
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# The document author is aware of no useful applications for
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#+ setting a variable to the contents of a binary file.
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exit 0
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