SegmentationFault.sh

recursive.sh

#!/bin/bash
# recursive.sh
#
# ./recursive.sh 
# Segmentation fault (core dumped)
#
# set -e
# trap 'case $? in
#         139) echo "segfault occurred"; sleep 20;
#       esac' CHLD && ./recursive.sh

recursive() {
  # Recursion to make stack grow
  # Stack is allocated each time function is called
  while true; do
   recursive
  done
}

recursive

set -e
trap 'case $? in
        139) echo "segfault occurred"; sleep 20;
      esac' CHLD

Next, figure out how to catch SIGSEGV within bash and how to change ulimits during execution of the recursion. :)