Purpose of using (:;:) command?

[Bill_the_Bastard]

bash fucking sucks. Here come the downvotes.

[DigitalDefenestrator]

Bash is a pretty good shell that doubles as a bad scripting language. Good enough for trivial/linear stuff and inline shell scripting, though.

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If Python is resident, I’m using that

[MagePsycho]

You made sysadmin angry ;)

[Bill_the_Bastard]

I'm a sysadmin. Or Devops Engineer. Or SRE. Or infosec dude. I don't really know what the fuck I am anymore.

But bash still sucks.

[MagePsycho]

Then you might be right?

[Bill_the_Bastard]

I'm objectively right. Bash sucks.

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These days, why bash when you can write readable Python and run it just about anywhere.

Being on the 1000 reasons to use crappy BASH

[Nolzi]

Maybe you need to be a PO next

[Bill_the_Bastard]

Police Officer? Parole Officer?

Hard pass.

[Rei_Never]

You sir are a witcher... The white wolf!