sudo issue

[blind Pete]

Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:11:14 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
>>The permissions in force when the wildcard expansion happens are
>>yours, not root's.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Another alternative would be to use a bashism, since e.g.
> 
>   $ sudo cp -rp /mnt/archlinux/.chuser/.home/.jwm{rc,foo} /tmp/
> 
> works.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf

You could probably pass the wild card, rather than what the 
wild card expands to (as Ralf), to sudo by escaping it.  

  $ sudo cp -rp /mnt/archlinux/.chuser/.home/.jwm\* /tmp/


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