Hi, On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:03:08 -0500 JimD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been using Linux for a number of years and the one "trick" I > have never read how to do is something like: > > sudo echo "app-portage/porthole ~*" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords That's because your _current_ shell interprets the ">>". What you want can be done with sudo sh -c 'echo "app-portage/porthole ~*" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords' > Another one I always wanted to know if it is possible is: > > sudo > /var/log/foo.log I guess you want to use ... | sudo sh -c 'cat > /var/log/foo.log' You can create a short script that does both (nice idea, I currently wrote them for me, too...): ---:suappend:--- #!/bin/sh exec sudo sh -c "cat >> \"$1\"" ---snip--- and you can do: echo "blah" | suappend /var/log/blah.log etc.pp. -hwh -- [email protected] mailing list
