Re: "jobs" doesn't consistently expand function arguments

[Chet Ramey]

On 7/23/18 7:54 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 19
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>         The "jobs" command doesn't consistently expand function arguments
> 
> Repeat-By:
>         For example:
> 
>         /bin/bash --login --noprofile
>         bash-4.4$ nap() { sleep "$@" ; }
>         bash-4.4$ nap 1234
>         ^Z
>         [1]+  Stopped                 sleep "$@"
>         bash-4.4$ bg
>         [1]+ sleep "$@" &
>         bash-4.4$ nap 2345 &
>         [2] 9666
>         bash-4.4$ jobs
>         [1]-  Running                 sleep "$@" &
>         [2]+  Running                 nap 2345 &
>         bash-4.4$
> 
> The problem is the '"$@"' in the "jobs" output, which doesn't provide
> any useful information.

This is how bash has behaved from its earliest days. The string associated
with the child process (the object that can be suspended) is the command
string before expansion.

Chet

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