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doas-zsh-plugin

Easily prefix your current or previous commands with doas by pressing <kbd>esc</kbd> twice

This is fork of OMZ's sudo plugin.

Installation

Use Antidote

Add the following line to your plugins file:

Senderman/doas-zsh-plugin

Configuration

By default, this plugin uses to add/remove doas command. If you need different command (e.g. sudo), set this command in SUDOBIN environment variable, e.g.

export SUDOBIN=sudo

Usage

Current typed commands

Say you have typed a long command and forgot to add doas in front:

$ apt-get install build-essential

By pressing the <kbd>esc</kbd> key twice, you will have the same command with doas prefixed without typing:

$ doas apt-get install build-essential

Previous executed commands

Say you want to delete a system file and denied:

$ rm some-system-file.txt
-su: some-system-file.txt: Permission denied
$

By pressing the <kbd>esc</kbd> key twice, you will have the same command with doas prefixed without typing:

$ rm some-system-file.txt
-su: some-system-file.txt: Permission denied
$ doas rm some-system-file.txt
Password:
$

doas is already in the beginning of the line

Say you already have doas in the beginning of the line:

$ doas ls

To remove it, press <kbd>esc</kbd> key twice:

$ ls