Comment on Only thing getting developed is a headache

• bappity@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  making a load of edits then FINDING OUT YOU WEREN’T SUDO AAAARGHHHHHHH

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  • icydefiance@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    :w !sudo tee %

    Of course that’s impossible to remember, but you can just google “vim sudo save” or something like that to find it.

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    • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They make mouse pads with all of the shortcuts on them.

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    • uranibaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can nano do this too?

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      • icydefiance@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t think so, but you can always write the file somewhere else and then sudo mv it back.

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      • gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        nano tells you upfront when you’re editing a file that you can’t write to.

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