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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:04:50 -0600
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Grep a file
Message-ID:  <200701171704.56589.kirk@strauser.com>
In-Reply-To: <B43C5A3B-2DE3-4853-84FF-524B7C3F3D71@familyfunzone.net>
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On Wednesday 17 January 2007 14:52, Joshua Lewis wrote:
> When I run:
> sudo grep -v '^\;'extentions.conf > new_extentions.conf
>
> I get:
> -bash: new_extentions.conf: Permission denied

You're running grep via sudo, but the redirection is handled by the shell,=
=20
wish is still running as you.

Either run "sudo -s" to get a root prompt, or:

   sudo sh -c "grep -v '^\;'extentions.conf > new_extentions.conf"

which runs your entire command line, redirection and all, as root.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

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