Is there a way to pass strings to aliases

Question

I want to make an alias for sudo i.e.

alias now="echo [password] | sudo -S"

but it doesn't seem to work...

I was thinking that something like the following would work

alias now="echo [password] | sudo -S ${command_line_parameter}"

but I don't know what "${command_line_parameter}" would be... Any ideas?

Don't even consider doing this - there's already a much better way to Execute sudo without Password - which doesn't expose your password in plain text. — steeldriver, May 26 '17 at 16:10
And that's why sudo does not read the password from STDIN. — waltinator, May 26 '17 at 16:16
I am the only one using the linux installation. Also, I want to do it just for a laugh and to confuse the hell out of my friends :)
I was half considering using f***ing as the alias XD — James Yeoman, May 27 '17 at 06:31

Ravexina · Answer 1 · 2017-05-26T16:28:49.013

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This post is only aimed to answer the how to of your question, however as others suggest it, you should consider implementing your desired rules in /etc/sudoers file, something like:

james  ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/ls

You can't pass an argument to an alias in a way you are doing it, you can use "functions" instead:

now(){ echo $1 | sudo -S $@ }

and use it like:

now password

If you want to hardcode your password:

now(){ echo your-password | sudo -S $@ }

Which non of them are a good thing to do at all, it's like giving your password away.

edited May 26 '17 at 16:28

answered May 26 '17 at 16:08

Ravexina

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I am well aware of the security issues with this but I am the only one using the installation and also, it is within a virtual machine. It is also just as something to be entertaining (while being functional) for me to confuse the hell out of my friends. I could have used f***ing as the alias for added fun but... I doubt that would be accepted to have in a question – James Yeoman May 27 '17 at 06:36

Is there a way to pass strings to aliases

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