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sudo: Launch the default shell with superuser privileges and run login-specific files (`.profile`, `.bash_profile`, etc.).

--login

$ sudo --login

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The "sudo --login" command is used in Unix-based operating systems like Linux to start a new login shell as the specified user with superuser privileges (root access).

Here's a breakdown of the command:

"sudo" is short for "superuser do" and it allows authorized users to execute commands with administrative or root privileges. It essentially elevates the user's rights temporarily to perform actions that require higher permissions.
"--login" is an argument passed to the "sudo" command. It tells "sudo" to start a new login shell for the specified user. A login shell is a shell session that runs when a user logs in. It initializes a user's environment variables, sets up the user's home directory, and executes any login scripts.

By combining "sudo" with "--login," we are instructing the system to start a new login shell with root access. This can be useful when we need to perform administrative tasks that require root privileges or when we want to access certain files or directories that are restricted to the root user.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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