Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions
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Write a file you edited in Vim but that you do not have the permissions to write to (unless you use sudo.) Same as #1204 but without the echo to stdout that I find annoying.
32:w !sudo tee > /dev/null % -
Calls sudo tee like all the other lines, but also automatically reloads the file. Optionally you can add command Wq :execute ':W' | :q and command WQ :Wq to make quitting easier
7command W :execute ':silent w !sudo tee % > /dev/null' | :edit! -
2:w !pfexec tee %
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probably just like 1204, but uses tee as a filter (+ I actually understand how this one works)
2:%!sudo tee % -
0w !sudo cat >%
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Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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:w !cat > %which is similar, but shorter (you can add sudo in there if you want).ca w!! w !sudo tee "%"