Re: (Buglet) job numbers do not get re-used (sometimes)
Stan Marsh <[email protected]>
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From: Wiley Young
Subject: Re: (Buglet) job numbers do not get re-used (sometimes)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:08:14 -0700
>How about using an alias?
>~ $ alias
>alias %1='bgpid=$( jobs -l | awk "\$3 !~ /^(Term|Kill).+\$/ && \$2
>~/^[0-9]+\$/ { print \$2; exit 0 }" ); if [[ -n ${bgpid} ]]; then kill
>"${bgpid}"; else printf "%%1: no such job\n"; fi; unset bgpid'
>~ $
Nice to see that comedy is not dead.
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