From: Christian Ehrhardt Fixing some confusion of the bash builtin kill not behaving as the procps kill which one can see in the manpages by adding a -L option mapping to the already existing code behind -l. Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt --- [diffstat] builtins/kill.def | 8 ++++---- doc/bashref.html | 6 +++--- doc/bashref.info | 16 ++++++++-------- doc/bashref.texi | 10 +++++----- 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) [diff] === modified file 'builtins/kill.def' --- builtins/kill.def 2014-03-03 22:52:05 +0000 +++ builtins/kill.def 2015-09-30 13:28:20 +0000 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $BUILTIN kill $FUNCTION kill_builtin -$SHORT_DOC kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l [sigspec] +$SHORT_DOC kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l|-L [sigspec] Send a signal to a job. Send the processes identified by PID or JOBSPEC the signal named by @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Options: -s sig SIG is a signal name -n sig SIG is a signal number - -l list the signal names; if arguments follow `-l' they are - assumed to be signal numbers for which names should be listed + -l|-L list the signal names; if arguments follow `-l' they are + assumed to be signal numbers for which names should be listed Kill is a shell builtin for two reasons: it allows job IDs to be used instead of process IDs, and allows processes to be killed if the limit @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ { word = list->word->word; - if (ISOPTION (word, 'l')) + if (ISOPTION (word, 'l') || ISOPTION (word, 'L')) { listing++; list = list->next; === modified file 'doc/bashref.html' --- doc/bashref.html 2014-04-07 22:47:44 +0000 +++ doc/bashref.html 2015-09-30 13:27:40 +0000 @@ -9838,7 +9838,7 @@
kill
 
kill [-s sigspec] [-n signum] [-sigspec] jobspec or pid
-kill -l [exit_status]
+kill -l|-L [exit_status]

Send a signal specified by sigspec or signum to the process @@ -9847,8 +9847,8 @@ SIGINT (with or without the SIG prefix) or a signal number; signum is a signal number. If sigspec and signum are not present, SIGTERM is used. -The `-l' option lists the signal names. -If any arguments are supplied when `-l' is given, the names of the +The `-l' or `-L' options list the signal names. +If any arguments are supplied when `-l' or `-L' are given, the names of the signals corresponding to the arguments are listed, and the return status is zero. exit_status is a number specifying a signal number or the exit === modified file 'doc/bashref.info' --- doc/bashref.info 2014-04-07 22:47:44 +0000 +++ doc/bashref.info 2015-09-30 13:27:41 +0000 @@ -6700,20 +6700,20 @@ `kill' kill [-s SIGSPEC] [-n SIGNUM] [-SIGSPEC] JOBSPEC or PID - kill -l [EXIT_STATUS] + kill -l|-L [EXIT_STATUS] Send a signal specified by SIGSPEC or SIGNUM to the process named by job specification JOBSPEC or process ID PID. SIGSPEC is either a case-insensitive signal name such as `SIGINT' (with or without the `SIG' prefix) or a signal number; SIGNUM is a signal number. If SIGSPEC and SIGNUM are not present, `SIGTERM' is used. The - `-l' option lists the signal names. If any arguments are supplied - when `-l' is given, the names of the signals corresponding to the - arguments are listed, and the return status is zero. EXIT_STATUS - is a number specifying a signal number or the exit status of a - process terminated by a signal. The return status is zero if at - least one signal was successfully sent, or non-zero if an error - occurs or an invalid option is encountered. + `-l' or `-L' options list the signal names. If any arguments are + supplied when `-l' or `-L' are given, the names of the signals + corresponding to the arguments are listed, and the return status + is zero. EXIT_STATUS is a number specifying a signal number or the + exit status of a process terminated by a signal. The return status + is zero if at least one signal was successfully sent, or non-zero if + an error occurs or an invalid option is encountered. `wait' wait [-n] [JOBSPEC or PID ...] === modified file 'doc/bashref.texi' --- doc/bashref.texi 2014-04-07 22:47:44 +0000 +++ doc/bashref.texi 2015-09-30 13:27:42 +0000 @@ -7596,7 +7596,7 @@ @btindex kill @example kill [-s @var{sigspec}] [-n @var{signum}] address@hidden @var{jobspec} or @var{pid} -kill -l address@hidden +kill -l|-L address@hidden @end example Send a signal specified by @var{sigspec} or @var{signum} to the process @@ -7605,10 +7605,10 @@ @code{SIGINT} (with or without the @code{SIG} prefix) or a signal number; @var{signum} is a signal number. If @var{sigspec} and @var{signum} are not present, @code{SIGTERM} is used. -The @option{-l} option lists the signal names. -If any arguments are supplied when @option{-l} is given, the names of the -signals corresponding to the arguments are listed, and the return status -is zero. +The @option{-l} or @option{-L} options list the signal names. +If any arguments are supplied when @option{-l} or @option{-L} are given, +the names of the signals corresponding to the arguments are listed, and the +return status is zero. @var{exit_status} is a number specifying a signal number or the exit status of a process terminated by a signal. The return status is zero if at least one signal was successfully sent,