From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-workers-return-20565-mason-zsh=primenet.com.au@sunsite.dk>
Received: (qmail 11461 invoked from network); 18 Nov 2004 16:51:56 -0000
Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88)
  by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 18 Nov 2004 16:51:56 -0000
Received: (qmail 63546 invoked from network); 18 Nov 2004 16:51:50 -0000
Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90)
  by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Nov 2004 16:51:50 -0000
Received: (qmail 11123 invoked by alias); 18 Nov 2004 16:51:20 -0000
Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
X-Seq: 20565
Received: (qmail 11078 invoked from network); 18 Nov 2004 16:51:18 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88)
  by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Nov 2004 16:51:18 -0000
Received: (qmail 61088 invoked from network); 18 Nov 2004 16:50:19 -0000
Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk (195.188.213.6)
  by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Nov 2004 16:50:17 -0000
Received: from sc ([82.41.208.120]) by smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713);
	 Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:50:46 +0000
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:50:08 +0000
From: Stephane Chazelas <Stephane_Chazelas@yahoo.fr>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: SUGGESTION: kill -l could show numbers, too
Message-ID: <20041118165008.GE4511@sc>
Mail-Followup-To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk
References: <20041118145208.GD13232@gerf.org> <20310.1100793917@csr.com> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0411180825470.12726@toltec.zanshin.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0411180825470.12726@toltec.zanshin.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Nov 2004 16:50:46.0155 (UTC) FILETIME=[BFE25DB0:01C4CD8E]
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk
X-Spam-Level: *
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_44,RCVD_IN_SORBS 
	autolearn=no version=2.63
X-Spam-Hits: 1.5

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 08:33:04AM -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote:
[...]
> Which can be rewritten as a wrapper, and without the pipe to "pr":
> 
>   kill() {
>     case $1 in
>     (-l)
>       integer i=0
>       print -c ${(e)signals//*/\$((i++))\) SIG\$signals[\$i]}
>       ;;
>     (*)
>       command kill "$@"
[...]

Rather:

builtin kill "$@"

And you need to check the number of arguments (for kill -l TERM
for instance)

kill() {
  if (( $# == 1 )) && [[ $1 = "-l" ]]; then
    integer i=0
    print -rc ${(e)signals//*/\$((i++))\) SIG\$signals[\$i]}
  else
    builtin kill "$@"
  fi
}

-- 
Stephane