you are missing the '%' neede before the job number. Use
fg `jobs | awk '/xemacs/ {printf("%%%s\n", substr($1, 2, 1));}'`
The extra '%' is to escape the oher.
hth
charles
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Mulcahy, Chris wrote:
> Apologies for the HTML the first time around. It was truly a mistake.
> ---
> Greetings all!
>
> Any idea why this (line wrapping probable):
>
> ---> SNIP <---
> #/bin/bash
> fg `jobs | awk '/xemacs/ {printf("%s\n", substr($1, 2, 1));}'`
> ---> SNIP <---
>
> returns:
> ---> SNIP <---
> fg: no job control
> ---> SNIP <---
>
> instead of switching me to the currently running xemacs session?
>
> Thanks!
> Chris
>
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