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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: LOL, managed to suspend "fg" command somehow.
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 07:43:31 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-08, Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:
> On 2025-04-08, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
>>> Says it all:
>>>
>>> $ jobs
>>> [39]-  Stopped                 fg  (wd: ~/jp-hash)
>>>
>>> :)
>>
>> I've seen a bash bug where the names reported by the jobs command are
>> incorrect.
>
> I quite recently reported something in this area to the bug mailing list.

The issue is that starting in some version of Bash 5, an interactive,
backgrounded command which is computed, for instance:

  command $var "$@" &

will show in "jobs" as literally the above the unexpanded syntax, rather
than the expanded command that was actually invoked.

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