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Re:Unix tricks by malloc2x on Thursday March 07, 2013 @06:08PM (#5341007)
If that's an issue (I've never met a server like that, not to mention one like that and I couldn't change the setting) then wouldn't you rather use this?

  while [ true ]; do sleep 1000; done
Just using:

  sleep 1000; exit
means you can't make new connections after 17 minutes.
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Re:Unix tricks by carlesfe on Thursday March 07, 2013 @06:44PM (#5341175)
Yes, in fact I use the first one (while true; sleep; ls) but I thought the second is more succint. Anyone interested can make a loop. Please notice that most of the snippets aren't meant to be copied & pasted, but rather analyzed and understood by the user.
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Re:Unix tricks by malloc2x on Thursday March 07, 2013 @08:59PM (#5341698)
Ah, sometimes that's a hard line to draw since often the people that know enough to understand not to take it literally don't really need the pointer in the first place. :)

I enjoyed your list.

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