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tail hack

created by ariels

(thing) by ariels (2.9 d) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun May 28 2000 at 7:18:51

#!/bin/tail

This is another quining hack, similar to the
cat hack.  Same rules apply: copy to a file, "chmod +x"
and run the file on a UN*X system.  Due to careful
coding, it will reproduce itself perfectly!

See the grep hack for another example of this text file genre.

printable version
chaos

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