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        # Next line from np@, Thanks.
         env x='() { :;}; echo Vulnerable.' bash -c "echo This is a
        test."
         
        
          # Old bash: 
          
            Vulnerable.
             This is a test.
          
          # Fresh patched current bash: 
          
            bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition
            attempt
             bash: error importing function definition for `x'
             This is a test.
          
         
        
         # Show the error message goes to stderr, not stdout:
         env x='() { :;}; echo Vulnerable.' bash -c "echo This is a
        test." > stdout
         
        
          # Old bash:
           
          
            Nothing to stderr
          
          
           # Fresh patched current bash: 
          
            To stderr:
             bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition
            attempt
             bash: error importing function definition for `x'
          
          cat stdout 
          
            # Old bash: 
            
              Vulnerable.
               This is a test.
            
            
             # Fresh patched current bash: 
            
              This is a test.