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ways to close vim(discuss.tchncs.de)

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

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Julian@lemm.ee
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…you can write to program memory? Idk how exactly but that feels like a security risk.

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nintendiator@feddit.cl
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It’s your process, why shouldn’t you be able to write to it? Vi is certainly doing it…

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Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
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You do need to be root to do it to arbitrary processes.

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dumb way.

Get fancy, add progress bar: pv < /dev/zero > “/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem”

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