Segmentation fault example

A tiny Segmentation fault study example (Page Fault).

This tiny code will produce a SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) after compiling and executing

Create file example.c and fill it with this code:

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#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
  char* text = "hello world";
 
  text = 13423;
  printf(text);
}
 
</stdio.h>

Compile:

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gcc -o example example.c

Run and get a Segmentation fault:

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./example

Debug Segmentation fault:

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strace ./example