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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ksh use (was Re: Should ``csh'' be part of ...)
Message-ID: <May.20.14.48.54.1988.16267@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 20 May 88 18:48:57 GMT
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I understand the reason for having to type fg rather than just %1
in the KSH.  When I put job control in the Bourne shell (prior to
the public release of KSH), the %n expansion is implemented in
the same way as the substitution of shell variables.  Builtin commands
are a little tricky so you have to actually type the name of the builtin
command (fg, bg) inorder to make it work.

-Ron