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Nick Craig-Wood wrote:
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> What if I entered "; rm -rf * ;" as my pattern?
>

Assuming the script isn't setuid, this would do no more damage than the
user could do directly on the command line. I agree, when dealing with
web applications or setuid programs, direct shell access isn't a good
idea.

Pete

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