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Bug #2733

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pgrep/pkill prints misleading error on missing option argument

Added by Eric Schrock about 10 years ago. Updated about 10 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Eric Schrock
Category:
-
Start date:
2012-05-14
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Medium
Tags:
needs-triage
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Description

If you specify an option to pkill/pgrep that requires an argument without said argument, you get a somewhat confusing "illegal option" error instead of a more helpful "missing argument" error.

$ pkill c
pkill: illegal option - c
Usage: pkill [-signal] [-fnovx] [-P ppidlist] [-g pgrplist] [-s sidlist]
[-u euidlist] [-U uidlist] [-G gidlist] [-J projidlist]
[-T taskidlist] [-t termlist] [-z zonelist] [-c ctidlist] [pattern]

This should print 'missing argument' instead of 'illegal option'.

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 #1

Updated by Eric Schrock about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Resolved

changeset: 13691:e1aca0f20bff
tag: tip
user: Eric Schrock <>
date: Mon May 14 12:05:00 2012 -0700

description:
2733 pgrep/pkill prints misleading error on missing option argument
Reviewed by: Robert Mustacchi <>
Reviewed by: Dan McDonald <>
Approved by: Richard Lowe <>

modified:
usr/src/cmd/pgrep/pgrep.c

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