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 poma -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
