I think it was fixed in Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732410
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #732410 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732410 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to procps in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055551 Title: zsh can causes ps to generate error message Status in procps package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: (ps|grep foo;echo) Signal 18 (CONT) caught by ps (procps-ng version 3.3.3). ps:display.c:59: please report this bug (ps;echo) # works (ps|grep foo) # works (ps|grep foo;echo) # fails This behaviour seems to be caused by zsh since it is not observable using bash. Note too that this bug cannot be recreated on precise. zsh configuration is stock "system configuration" (run zsh for first time and select option (2) - system defaults). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: zsh 5.0.0-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Sep 24 16:01:37 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120530) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: zsh UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1055551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp