diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ This repository was created as a sister repository to the more practical [`utili
 repository to house scripts that were not useful enough to earn a place in there.
 
 ## Overview of Scripts
+ - `recursive.sh`: a script that calls itself
  - `suicidal_script.sh`: a script that deletes itself.
diff --git a/recursive.sh b/recursive.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/recursive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# A script that calls itself
+
+recursion_count=${1:-0}
+echo "Recursion number $recursion_count"
+$0 $((recursion_count + 1))