[MC-5480] "kill" command doesn't work in Minecraft server command line

From the console I to kill off a player, but receive this error:

kill [player_name]
2012-12-28 13:01:51 [INFO] You must specify which player you wish to perform this action on.

Note: for "[player_name]" I am actually putting the players user name.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-797 /kill command buggy Resolved

Comments 2

kumasasa 2012-12-28T20:12:19Z

Duplicate of MC-797 , please use the search function to see if your bug has already been submitted. Currently over 35% of tickets are being closed as duplicate.

Kilo Force 2013-02-10T02:30:18Z

Cute, the ticket MC-797 was closed as resolved, but this is definitely not resolved. From the multiplayer server console:

help 3
...
2013-02-09 19:22:24 [INFO] --- Showing help page 3 of 5 (/help <page>) ---
2013-02-09 19:22:24 [INFO] /kill
...

/kill
2013-02-09 19:22:27 [INFO] You must specify which player you wish to perform this action on.

okay, let's try specifying a user:

/kill kiloforce
2013-02-09 19:22:34 [INFO] You must specify which player you wish to perform this action on.

Reopening as MC-9539