Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sudo in Vim

If you often forget to add sudo before editing system files with vim, you can map w!!/x!! commands to save it without reentering the editor:
cmap w!! w !sudo tee %<cr><cr>:e!<cr>
cmap x!! w !sudo tee %<cr><cr>:q!<cr>
Where :e reloads a file.

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