diff --git a/Functions/Misc/getjobs b/Functions/Misc/getjobs
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+# Call this from the preexec function like so:
+#   preexec() {
+#	  getjobs "${(z)1}"
+#   }
+setopt localoptions noshwordsplit noksharrays
+local texts
+case $1 in
+    fg|bg) shift; [[ -n $1 ]] || set -- %% ;;
+    %*) ;;
+    *) return 0 ;;
+esac
+repeat $#
+do
+    # This case statement emulates jobs.c:getjob()
+    case $1 in
+	[\;\&\|]|\|\||\&\&) break ;;
+	%(|[%+])) 1=${(k)jobstates[(r)*:+:*]} ;;
+	%-) 1=${(k)jobstates[(r)*:-:*]} ;;
+	%<->) 1=${1#%} ;;
+	%[?]*) 1=${${(Ok)jobtexts[(R)*${1#%[?]}*]}[1]} ;;
+	*) 1=${${(Ok)jobtexts[(R)$1*]}[1]} ;;
+    esac
+    [[ -n $1 ]] && texts=($texts ${jobtexts[$1]})
+    shift
+done
+# Remove the "-s" below if you'd prefer that this just report
+# what jobs are being affected rather than modify the history
+(( $#texts )) && print -s ${(j:; :)texts} "$*"
+return 0