doas-zsh-plugin

Easily prefix your current or previous commands with doas by pressing esc twice

This is fork of OMZ's sudo plugin.

Installation

Use Antidote

Add the following line to your plugins file:

Senderman/doas-zsh-plugin

Configuration

By default, this plugin uses to add/remove doas command. If you need different command (e.g. sudo), set this command in SUDOBIN environment variable, e.g.

export SUDOBIN=sudo

Usage

Current typed commands

Say you have typed a long command and forgot to add doas in front:

$ apt-get install build-essential

By pressing the esc key twice, you will have the same command with doas prefixed without typing:

$ doas apt-get install build-essential

Previous executed commands

Say you want to delete a system file and denied:

$ rm some-system-file.txt
-su: some-system-file.txt: Permission denied
$

By pressing the esc key twice, you will have the same command with doas prefixed without typing:

$ rm some-system-file.txt
-su: some-system-file.txt: Permission denied
$ doas rm some-system-file.txt
Password:
$

doas is already in the beginning of the line

Say you already have doas in the beginning of the line:

$ doas ls

To remove it, press esc key twice:

$ ls