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ways to close vim (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

cat /dev/zero > "/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem" is my favorite dumb way. Clear its memory, wait for the segfault.

[–] vrkr 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

dumb way.

Get fancy, add progress bar: pv < /dev/zero > "/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem"

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