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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:46:34 +0200
From: "R. Hickling" <hicklinr AT mcd DOT alcatel DOT be>
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Subject: Shell scripts called *.exe
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It seems if you have a shell script - ie with "#!/bin/sh" as the first
line, and call the script 'something.exe', and execute it with
'./something', it will crash your bash.

Just try
echo '#!/bin/sh' > something.exe; ./something


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