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Weird (annoying) feature of bash
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strange_bash_feature.sh
#!/bin/bash
COUNT=1
FILE=$0
# run this script with bash
# i bet you can't predict the outcome
function printsleep {
echo COUNT=$(( COUNT++ ))
echo printsleep >> $FILE
sleep 2
}
printsleep
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