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They want an alias v that does something, but they want sudo v to do something slightly different.
– Kusalananda ♦
Commented Jul 17, 2022 at 19:31
@Kusalananda, Your are a moderator. I tried to give an answer to the question. Please remove my answer if you think my answer is bad. Or do you want me to modify it for example by including the comment into the answer or include the answer into the comment (and delete the answer)?
– sudodus
Commented Jul 17, 2022 at 19:34
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I'm not moderating you, I'm commenting on your answer. I believe you are correct, but since the user is asking for something different, you would have to convince them that your solution is better than what they actually asked for.
– Kusalananda ♦
Commented Jul 17, 2022 at 19:37
@Kusalananda is right, i wanted something slightly different, although i might just do what you explained here, seems the easy way out haha
– Ramita
Commented Jul 18, 2022 at 15:05
@Ramita, good luck with your aliases :-)
– sudodus
Commented Jul 18, 2022 at 15:18

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