Grep a file

[Kirk Strauser]

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, 
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.
-- 
Kirk Strauser
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