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May 17, 2012 08:37
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| This trick will help when you open a file using normal user and then realize that you need to be root to save the file: | |
| In command mode: | |
| :w !sudo tee % | |
| Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1005/getting-root-permissions-on-a-file-inside-of-vi |
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