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[โ€“] Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[โ€“] vrkr@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

dumb way.

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

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