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Re: Job control missing nicety

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Job control missing nicety
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:12:09 +0000
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Micah Elliott wrote:
> I'm used to being able to say 'fg -' in bash.  It's very quick to
> type.  In zsh I appear to have to say 'fg %-'.  But that's
> extremely tedious for me in comparison.  Is there a way to get
> 'fg -' to work in zsh?

fg() {
  if [[ $# -eq 1 && $1 = - ]]; then
    fg %-
  else
    builtin fg "$@"
  fi
}

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road
Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070

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