In the pkill man page, clarify that the patterns are EXTENDED regular expressions. I shouldn't have to guess, try, or look at the source for this.
ok? Index: pkill.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1,v retrieving revision 1.23 diff -u -p -r1.23 pkill.1 --- pkill.1 16 Jul 2013 00:07:52 -0000 1.23 +++ pkill.1 31 Aug 2018 15:03:51 -0000 @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ This option is valid only when given as If any .Ar pattern operands are specified, they are used as -regular expressions to match the command name +extended regular expressions to match the command name or, if .Fl f is specified, the full argument list of each process. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [email protected]
