xsudo.sh

#! /usr/bin/env bash

args="$@"
argsUnsupported="false"
asUser="root"

if [[ $@ == "" ]]; then
	echo "usage: xsudo [command [arg ...]]"
	echo "usage: xsudo [-u user] [command [arg ...]]"
	exit 1
fi

if [[ $1 == -u ]]; then
	args="${@:3}"
	asUser="$2"
fi


for arg in "$args"; do
	if [[ $arg == -* ]]; then
		argsUnsupported="true"
		break;
	fi
done

if [[ $argsUnsupported == true ]]; then
	echo "Unsupported arguments were passed, please use \`sudo\`."
	exit 1
else
	sudo -u "$asUser" sh -c "xauth add $DISPLAY . $(xauth list | grep $(uname -n) | grep :$(echo -n $DISPLAY | awk -F ":" '{print $2}' | awk -F "." '{print $1}') | awk '{print $3}'); $args"
fi