Implement `fg n` and `%n`?

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Open nisbet-hubbard opened 1 month ago

nisbet-hubbard commented 1 month ago

Currently, the fg %n syntax has been implemented.

Bash has fg n (undocumented) and %n (ie omitting fg) as shorthands.

nisbet-hubbard commented 3 weeks ago

According to Chet Ramey, the syntax fg n is ‘wrong or deprecated. But it's been that way forever.’

andychu commented 3 weeks ago

This one is probably borderline too -- bash compatibility is generally motivated by making programs run, right now

nisbet-hubbard commented 2 weeks ago

Agreed. %n is very nice to have on the command line, but I doubt it's ever useful in scripts.