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Automatically restart shell script as root using sudo.
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gistfile1.sh
# Place this at the top of your script.
# The exit $? causes the shell to exit with the
# status of the script instance that is run with sudo.
if [[ $UID -ne 0 ]]; then
sudo -p "Restarting as root, password for %p: " bash $0 "$@"
exit $?
fi
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