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I am trying to create some alias for executing the same command but with sudo credentials. In the ultimate case I want to be something like:

alias !!='sudo !!'

But when I source /.bashrc file this particular alias doesn't work for some reason.

Georgi Stoyanov
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aliases cannot have arguments, use a function:

function SU { sudo $*; }
ingopingo
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  • when you say aliases cannot have arguments, are you saying something like `alias l="ls -FC"` is invalid? – ron Feb 23 '17 at 18:28
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    The alias in your example is ``l``. Sure, it use arguments but itself has none. Try to define a alias for a ``find -user self -print`` with a directory as argument. – ingopingo Feb 23 '17 at 18:37