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You can do it without calling login shell: sudo DUMMY=dummy su <username> -c 'echo "$DUMMY"'

You can do it without calling login shell: sudo DUMMY=dummy su <username> -c 'echo "$DUMMY"'  

sudo!! : Forgot to run a command with sudo? You need not re-write the whole command, just type "sudo!!" and the last command will run with sudo. 2. Python -m SimpleHTTPServer : Creates a simple web page for the current working directory over port 8000. 3. mtr : A command which is a combination of 'ping' and 'traceroute' command. 4. Ctrl+x+e : This key combination fires up, an editor in the terminal, instantaneously. 5. nl : Outputs the content of text file with lines Numbered. 6. shuf : Randomly selects line/file/folder from a file/folder. 7. ss : Outputs Socket Statistics. 8. Last: Want to know history of last logged in users? This command comes to rescue here. 9. curl ifconfig.me : Shows machine's external IP Address. 10. tree : Prints files and folders in tree like fashion, recursively. 11. Pstree : Prints running processes with child processes, recursively. 13. stat : Shows the status information of a file as well as of a file s...

sudo!! : Forgot to run a command with sudo? You need not re-write the whole command, just type "sudo!!" and the last command will run with sudo. 2. Python -m SimpleHTTPServer : Creates a simple web page for the current working directory over port 8000. 3. mtr : A command which is a combination of 'ping' and 'traceroute' command. 4. Ctrl+x+e : This key combination fires up, an editor in the terminal, instantaneously. 5. nl : Outputs the content of text file with lines Numbered. 6. shuf : Randomly selects line/file/folder from a file/folder. 7. ss : Outputs Socket Statistics. 8. Last: Want to know history of last logged in users? This command comes to rescue here. 9. curl ifconfig.me : Shows machine's external IP Address. 10. tree : Prints files and folders in tree like fashion, recursively. 11. Pstree : Prints running processes with child processes, recursively. 13. stat : Shows the status information of a file as well as of a file system. 15. Pv : outputs ...