--- functions: file-read: - code: | LFILE=file_to_read cp "$LFILE" /dev/stdout file-write: - code: | LFILE=file_to_write echo "DATA" | cp /dev/stdin "$LFILE" suid: - code: | LFILE=file_to_write echo "DATA" | ./cp /dev/stdin "$LFILE" - description: This can be used to copy and then read or write files from a restricted file systems or with elevated privileges. (The GNU version of `cp` has the `--parents` option that can be used to also create the directory hierarchy specified in the source path, to the destination folder.) code: | LFILE=file_to_write TF=$(mktemp) echo "DATA" > $TF ./cp $TF $LFILE sudo: - code: | LFILE=file_to_write echo "DATA" | sudo cp /dev/stdin "$LFILE" - description: This can be used to copy and then read or write files from a restricted file systems or with elevated privileges. (The GNU version of `cp` has the `--parents` option that can be used to also create the directory hierarchy specified in the source path, to the destination folder.) code: | LFILE=file_to_write TF=$(mktemp) echo "DATA" > $TF sudo cp $TF $LFILE ---