I don't think numerical sorting is possible. _kill() is getting its list of
pids from
ps axo pid=
which returns a numerically sorted list, but I guess bash is lexicographically
sorting completions like it always does.
It would be possible to add completion for %jobnum, but would you
really use that? It could only return a list of job numbers, not what
commands they were. Given that job numbers tend to be very small and
nearby, if you don't know what job you want to kill, a list of the
numbers is unlikely to save you running a quick jobs command.
Or do some people keep running a chain of background jobs so their job
numbers climb so high that you want to complete the initial 100 in front
of job 1005?
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tab-completion for kill builtin slightly lacking.
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