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stokito/edit_file.sh

Created September 12, 2019 17:08
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The one-liner to open a file in editor (pluma). It will show a file chose dialog and if the file is owned by root it will ask for a sudo password
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edit_file.sh
FILE=$(zenity --file-selection); echo $FILE; if [ -w "$FILE" ]; then pluma "$FILE"; else pkexec pluma "$FILE"; fi;
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