Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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Vim: Saving files as root after opening

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Sometimes you open a file that requires root privileges and just forget about opening it with sudo. Not a problem, just save it with sudo directly from Vim:

:w !sudo tee %
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Written by Caio Ariede

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