bonnerl/Vim Shortcut : :w !sudo tee %

Created November 8, 2016 15:55

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Put this in .vimrc and use :w!! to save a file as sudo when you forgot to open it as sudo.

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Vim Shortcut : :w !sudo tee %

	" Allow saving of files as sudo when I forgot to start vim using sudo.
	cmap w!! w !sudo tee > /dev/null %

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