1 #+AUTHOR: Simon Watson
2 #+TITLE: Unix Spells
3
4 * Preamble
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6 This idea for a blog post came about after reading this great satire article:
7 https://www.jumboframeinternet.com/post/9/
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9 It got me thinking about so called "Unix Spells".
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11 I have kind of a long standing disdain for LinkedIn and the kind of community
12 it seems to want to foster, but I maintain one to keep up with old coworkers
13 and "advertise" my "expertise". In that vein, I've long had my "About Me"
14 text be something kind of silly. I thought it might be funny to simply list
15 some "Unix Spells" in this section.
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17 In keeping with the silly nature of "Unix Spells", I won't be documenting
18 and of these incantations, or attempting to explain or justify them in any
19 way. Happy casting :)
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21 Disclaimer: I wouldn't blind run any of these if you don't know what they
22 do. You've been warned.
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24 * Spell Book
25
26 - =dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda count=1024=
27 - =dd if=/dev/sda bs=512 count=63 | hexdump -C | less=
28 - =:(){ :|: & };:=