Sandino Araico Sánchez wrote:
> 1.
> #!/bin/bash
> 2.
>
> 3.
> for i in {0..150000000} ; do
> 4.
> echo $i > /dev/null
> 5.
> done
>
>
>
> Repeat-By:
> Run the script above and the process starts leaking memory very
> fast.
>
>
You know what a memory *leak* is, yes? mallocs() without proper free()s.
What you mean is that your memory is used. Feel free to calculate the
memory that is needed to store the string representation of
{0..150000000}, I think you will get a number near your RAM size.
J.
