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The following command does not work because the elevated privileges do not apply to the redirection.

sudo echo "myoutput" >> /etc/file_that_only_root_can_write

how can it be done?

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superuser.com/questions/54814/… – akira Jun 23 '10 at 11:36
@akira you're probably right... I just started a new one because I didn't find those. – João Portela Jun 23 '10 at 14:34
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echo "myoutput" | sudo tee -a /etc/file_that_only_root_can_write
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that it! thanks. – João Portela Jun 23 '10 at 14:33
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