printf '%s\n' '#include <stdio.h>' '#include <unistd.h>' 'int main() { printf("Hello world!\n"); sleep(999999999); }' | gcc -fpic -static -xc - -o init This is

printf '%s\n' '#include <stdio.h>' '#include <unistd.h>' 'int main() { printf("Hello world!\n"); sleep(999999999); }' | gcc -fpic -static -xc - -o init This is completely irrelevant, but that line reminded me of the old “real programmers write device drivers with cat” joke. I guess even realer programmers would write device drivers directly into gcc stdin.