• ppue@lemmy.world
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        53 minutes ago

        It is a variable holding the process id of the shell instance interpreting the command. You could say “yourself” instead.

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      5 hours ago

      Damn, dude. Glad it’s just a joke, but that’s the nerdiest and most circumspect way I’ve ever seen this expressed.