zsh's killall process tab completion should match bash's

[Paulus]

Binary package hint: zsh

Version: 4.3.4-14ubuntu2 (gutsy)

Steps to reproduce: killall p<TAB>
Result: only shows "ps"
Expected: show ALL the user's processes whose command starts with p, as Ubuntu's bash does

Adding this to ~/.zshrc seems to fix it for me: zstyle ':completion:*:killall:*' command 'ps -u $USER -o cmd'

A proper fix should probably touch /usr/share/zsh/4.3.4/functions/Completion/Unix/_killall

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

I cannot confirm this behavior with hardy's zsh package.

could you please retry it with that version?

[Paulus (donmatteo)]

It hasn't changed for me, neither in hardy nor in intrepid. Same result with nuked ~/.zshenv and ~/.zshrc. I also had it confirmed by someon on IRC.

[acidrums4 (acidrums4)]

Very late, but hope it can help to someone. I found a solution a few moments ago...

Add the following lines to your /etc/zsh/zshrc (or file containing zsh configuration, I don't know what file is in ubuntu, I use gentoo):

zstyle ':completion:*:processes' command 'ps -ax'
zstyle ':completion:*:processes-names' command 'ps -aeo comm='
zstyle ':completion:*:*:kill:*:processes' list-colors '=(#b) #([0-9]#)*=0=01;31'
zstyle ':completion:*:*:kill:*' menu yes select
zstyle ':completion:*:*:killall:*:processes-names' list-colors '=(#b) #([0-9]#)*=0=01;31'
zstyle ':completion:*:*:killall:*' menu yes select

With this you will be able to kill processes with 'kill' with process name or ID. Hope this can help!

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this still an issue for you? Which Ubuntu version do you use? Thank you for telling us!

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