[TUHS] shell escapes in utilities

[Leah Neukirchen]

ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com> writes:

> I got to wondering, based on the sendmail discussions, how many shell
> escapes have appeared over the years?
>
> uucp
> sendmail
> xdvi : "The "allowShell" option enables the shell escape in PostScript specials"

>From the top of my head, where it can be disabled:

ghostscript (see above)
tex (write18)
ed/ex/vi
nethack

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