[SOLVED] Can you wrap commands for sudo?

deltaecho · 2008-09-15 03:34:24

Is there a way to wrap commands for use with sudo, such that my below command would work:

$ sudo (pacman -Sy && pacman -Su)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `pacman'

Note: The above is just an example of what I want to do, I would normally use 'pacman -Syu'

Last edited by deltaecho (2008-09-15 06:18:24)

tonyisnt · 2008-09-15 04:21:43

You could simply alias it with pacman. This is what I do, and I know I'm not alone.

In .bashrc:

alias pacman='sudo pacman'

And I also have it set to not ask for a password with pacman in my sudoers file.

Xyne · 2008-09-15 05:06:11

sudo sh -c "pacman -Sy && pacman -Su"

sudo sh -c "command_a | command_b >file_c"

deltaecho · 2008-09-15 06:17:54

Great - those are both good suggestions! Thank you.

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