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Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions (no echo)

Terminal - Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions (no echo)
:w !sudo tee > /dev/null %
2010-03-24 20:04:26
User: idemal
Functions: tee
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Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions (no echo)

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.

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Terminal - Alternatives
command W :execute ':silent w !sudo tee % > /dev/null' | :edit!
2011-10-06 20:37:54
User: unixmonkey26167
Functions: command tee
Tags: vim sudo tee
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Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions

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

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:w !pfexec tee %
2009-07-29 08:35:00
User: ilyxa
Functions: tee
Tags: vim sudo tee
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Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions - (Open)solaris version with RBAC
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:%!sudo tee %
2011-06-17 07:16:23
User: antone
Functions: tee
Tags: vim sudo tee
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Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions

probably just like 1204, but uses tee as a filter (+ I actually understand how this one works)

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if test -w $1; then vim $1; else sudo vim $1; fi
2010-08-14 13:28:32
User: srepmub
Functions: sudo test vim
Tags: vim sudo tee
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Open file with sudo when there is no write-permission

this avoids several VIM warnings, which I seem too stupid to disable: warning, readonly! and: file and buffer have changed, reload?!

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vi2() {for i in $@; do [ -f "$i" ] && [ ! -w "$i" ] && sudo vim $@ && return; done; vim $@}
2010-08-15 10:00:14
User: pipeliner
Functions: sudo vim
Tags: vim sudo
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Open file with sudo when there is no write-permission

Like the http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/6327/open-file-with-sudo-when-there-is-no-write-permission, but works (in zsh; my commandlinefu is not strong enough to understand why bash don't like it) with vim options, like -O, and many input files.

There could be other mistakes.

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:w !sudo cat > %

Comment by jeenuv 165 weeks and 2 days ago

You can't do a :

:w !sudo cat > %

becase the sudo don't work over a redirection ( >).

You can do something like that :

:w !sudo sh -c 'cat > %'
Comment by anonjoe 135 weeks and 4 days ago

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