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Eugene Yokota
Asked: 2009-06-28 17:06:15 +0800 CST

QS: How do I sudo open a file using TextEdit using QuickSilver

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I am looking for a QuickSilver way of doing the following on Mac:

$ sudo vi /etc/php.ini

Is it possible for me to open a file using TextEdit as super user?

Edit: I already know about Terminal plug-in, and it's great. But, I was hoping to use TextEdit without typing full path of TextEdit.

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4 Answers

  1. If you want to see that "Run a Text Command in Terminal" action as duffbeer703 shows, you'll have to add the Terminal plugin.

    **Sorry, I didn't see that you wanted to run TextEdit instead of vi. In order to do that, do this:

    Make a ~/bin folder (that's a folder named bin in your home directory).

    Add ~/bin to your path by editing ~/.profile and adding the following two lines: PATH="~/bin:${PATH}" export PATH

    Go into ~/bin and make a new file called TextEdit with the following line: sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit $1 &

    Make that file executable by doing: chmod +x ~/bin/TextEdit

    Now go back to QuickSilver and its "Run a Text Command in Terminal" thing and do the period thing to type in text, then type: TextEdit /etc/php.ini

    A terminal will popup and ask for your sudo password. Once you put that in, TextEdit will pop up and let you edit as root.

    There's probably an easier or cleaner way, but it does work.

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  2. It is possible.

    Open Quicksilver, type "." and type "sudo vi /etc/php.ini"

    Under Action you want to select "Run as Text Command in Terminal"

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  3. The "Process Manipulation Actions" plugin adds a "Launch as Root" action. You may need to enable the action after installing the plugin.

    1. Go to "Preferences", then open the "Actions" section.
    2. Ensure you are viewing actions by type, and have "All Actions" selected.
    3. Enter "Root" in the search box.
    4. "Launch as Root" should be one of the few (if not only) results. Enable the action by checking the checkbox in the first column.
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  4. Best Answer

    Here's what I ended up doing:

    $ sudo chmod 777 /etc/phi.ini
$ sudo chmod 777 /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

    Yes, give up on the idea of sudoing altogether.

    Next, open /etc in Finder by opening Quciksilver, navigate to Macintosh HD and pressing Option + /. Double-click on php.ini from Finder to pick the application to open it with.

    To make php.ini show up in Quicksilver, I added a Custom catalog to /etc with Include Contents set to Folder Contents and Depth set to 2.

    Now, all I have to do after invoking Quicksilver is to type "phpini" (without period) or "httpd" and hit enter.

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