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Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· pahen

Bash tab completion for the kill command

#terminal
#osx
#completion
#bash

Case-insensitive 'kill' tab completion of running apps:

https://github.com/pahen/dotfiles/blob/master/.completions#L26

And for 'killall':

https://github.com/pahen/dotfiles/blob/master/.completions#L7

#terminal
#osx
#completion
#bash

Written by Patrik Henningsson

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