Re: while do done

On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 14:16:20 +1000
Reuben ua Bríġ <u5644051@anu.edu.au> wrote:

> > while true; do
> > # Do something
> > sleep 10
> > done
>
> you CAN interrupt
>
> while do sleep 0; done
>
> there is no need for exit, and it doesnt fix
>
> while do done

Your bug report was vague and I wasn't convinced `while do done` was legal syntax.

> or
>
> while :; do :; done
>
> if your shell needs something to not do.

If you're silly enough to type that into your console, why must we stop you?

Are you also silly enough to set `/usr/local/bin/bash` as your shell
for `root` and put `:(){ :|:& };:` in your .bashrc?
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