vim-auto-sudo

Small wrapper script around vim editor. It will automatically ask for sudo password when editing some root owned configuration files.

Simply said, it saves both time and nerves.

Installation

Set up VIM_PATH variable in your .bashrc or .zshrc file:

echo export VIM_PATH=$(which vim) >> ~/.zshrc

Use curl or wget command to download and install vim script:

curl -o ~/.local/bin/vim https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChevalierDeBalibari/vim-auto-sudo/master/vim

or

wget -O ~/.local/bin/vim https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChevalierDeBalibari/vim-auto-sudo/master/vim

Next, make it executable:

chmod +x ~/.local/bin/vim

Installation for non-vim users

If by chance you don't know how to exit vim and really want to use nano or some other obscure editor, change name of the script to match your favorite crappy editor:

which nano 
mv ~/.local/bin/vim ~/.local/bin/nano

Change VIM_PATH variable to point to path obtained by nano command like:

export VIM_PATH=/usr/bin/nano

That is all!