1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/builtins.zig b/src/builtins.zig
index 5a2037cf..ba67766d 100644
--- a/src/builtins.zig
+++ b/src/builtins.zig
@@ -609,11 +609,13 @@ pub const Kill = struct {
         const names = std.mem.trim(u8, c.arg orelse "", " \t\r\n");
         var stopped = false;
         var jobless = false;
+        var running = false;
         for (c.p.panes, 0..) |slot, id| {
             const pane = slot orelse continue;
             // A command pane's child is the command: the whole of its
             // process group goes, as acme's Kill ends the process.
             if (pane.command) |line| if (!pane.command_done) {
+                running = true;
                 const said = std.mem.trim(u8, line, " \t");
                 const first = said[0 .. std.mem.indexOfAny(u8, said, " \t") orelse said.len];
                 if (names.len > 0) {
@@ -627,6 +629,7 @@ pub const Kill = struct {
                 continue;
             };
             if (!panes.terminal.commandRunning(pane)) continue;
+            running = true;
             const sent = pane.sent_command.?;
             if (names.len > 0) {
                 var words = std.mem.tokenizeAny(u8, names, " \t");
@@ -640,9 +643,11 @@ pub const Kill = struct {
         }
         if (stopped) return;
         if (jobless) return c.p.reportFailure(c.id, "Kill: no job to signal (its shell runs it without job control)");
-        if (names.len > 0)
+        // Said, but no failure: a script's Kill, named or not, has nothing
+        // left to do. Only commands running, none of them the one named, is.
+        if (names.len > 0 and running)
             c.p.reportFailure(c.id, "Kill: no running command has that first word")
-        else // said, but no failure: a script's Kill has nothing left to do
+        else
             c.p.setMessage(c.id, "Kill: nothing running");
     }
 };