On 01.03.2014 19:11, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Joachim Backes wrote: > >> On 03/01/2014 01:06 PM, poma wrote: >>> On 01.03.2014 12:51, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >>>> On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> first time i noticed this -- was demonstrating the "kill" command in >>>>> a training course this week, showed "kill -l", had students check man >>>>> page for "kill" which suggested that "kill --list" should also work, >>>>> but: >>>>> >>>>> $ kill --list >>>>> bash: kill: -list: invalid signal specification >>>>> $ >>>>> >>>>> am i doing something wrong? man page also suggests: >>>>> >>>>> -L, --table >>>>> Similar to -l, but will print signal names and their >>>>> corresponding >>>>> numbers. >>>>> >>>>> but: >>>>> >>>>> $ kill -L >>>>> bash: kill: L: invalid signal specification >>>>> $ >>>>> >>>>> should those work? am i missing something? is it a bug? >>>> >>>> argh ... just noticed that, by default, "kill" is a shell builtin so >>>> i'm getting the builtin rather than the command. >>>> >>>> rday >>>> >>> >>> Yep! :) >>> >>> $ type kill >>> $ type $(which kill) >>> $ builtin kill >>> $ builtin $(which kill) >>> $ $(which kill) -L >>> $ man 1 builtins > > oh, once i twigged on what was happening, i was fine; i just can't > believe i'd never noticed it all these years. always a learning > experience ... > > rday >
Due to gazillions of data, in fact it is to be expected. :) poma I've been working so hard I'm punching my card Eight hours for what? Oh, tell me what I got -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
