Never pipe scripts directly to your shell. Even after inspecting

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction

Recently I was installing some software locally on my home server. Here I used a install script for which was located on a website. Ofcourse, as always recommended I examined the script by using cURL first before re-running the install command again. This however made me believe this is still not safe at all. Let me explain to you why:

The problem

Like mentioned, it’s always recommended to examine the script before running it. So let’s say the script is hosted at dl.jeroendev.one we would examine it by using the following command:

Linux on JEROENDEV

Never pipe scripts directly to your shell. Even after inspecting

Introduction

The problem