From a6b58f4d9d5369533779b6a2f6044ca1f28fc9cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew <andreasohaodha@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 23:36:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [recursive.sh]: add recursive.sh

A script that calls itself
---
 README.md    | 1 +
 recursive.sh | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 recursive.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc4f88f..ab2f940 100644
--- 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
index 0000000..2580835
--- /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))