What is the purpose of the sudo command in Linux?
Rename a file
Display the contents of a file
Install new software packages
Execute with elevated privileges
The sudo command in Linux is primarily used to execute commands with elevated privileges, often required for administrative tasks such as installing new software packages or making system-level changes.
For example if the user lin does not have write permissions on file jims_file.txt, but does have permissions to elevate to the superuser account sudo could be used to modify the file: lin@crucial: $ sudo rm jims_file.txt
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