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ways to close vim (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

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

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

...you can write to program memory? Idk how exactly but that feels like a security risk.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's your process, why shouldn't you be able to write to it? Vi is certainly doing it...

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You do need to be root to do it to arbitrary processes.

[-] [email protected] 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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