Run the last command as root

su -c "!!"

Same as `sudo !!`. If you do not have permission to be sudo or sudo does not installed on your system, you can use this.

By: mesuutt

2012-02-21 15:38:30

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Run the last command as root

Useful when you forget to use sudo for a command. "!!" grabs the last run command.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
1222

sudo !!

root · 2009-01-26 10:26:48 278
Use result of the last command

\$ which python /usr/bin/python \$ ll `!!` lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-11-08 22:01 /usr/bin/python -> python2.6
This is sample output - yours may be different.
10

`!!`

strzel_a · 2010-11-19 17:40:01 19
Run the last command as root - (Open)Solaris version with RBAC
This is sample output - yours may be different.
2

pfexec !!

ilyxa · 2009-07-29 10:57:00 25
Run the last command as root

this command also can run the last command as root what's more, sudo !-2 can run the second last command as root , and so on
This is sample output - yours may be different.
1

sudo !-1

datamining · 2013-04-22 03:45:14 15
Run the last command as root

Runs the last command as root. This works in bash too. Kind of bulky, but makes a great alias.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

sudo $(history -p !!)

keith · 2017-04-19 12:16:40 26

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