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I think the bigger danger is that since you're instructing a direct pipe-to-sh over the network without regard to exit status, you're running the risk of execut

I think the bigger danger is that since you're instructing a direct pipe-to-sh over the network without regard to exit status, you're running the risk of executing truncated code that could trash your system state.

verteu 11y ago
The author addresses this issue by wrapping the script [1] in {} braces: { # Prevent execution if this script was only partially downloaded # installation code here } # End of wrapping I'm not sure if this is a bulletproof solution. [1] https://asciinema.org/install https://asciinema.org/install
- sickill 11y ago
  That's correct. In case bash doesn't see closing braces it will error out with "syntax error" and won't execute anything.