How to Redirect Output to a Location You Don’t Have Permission to Write To in Linux

When working on Linux systems, you may come across scenarios where you need to redirect output to a file in a directory where you don’t have write permission. This often leads to the frustrating “Permission denied” error, especially when using sudo to execute commands.

For example, if you try the following command:

sudo ls -hal /root/ > /root/test.out

You’ll likely encounter the error:

-bash: /root/test.out: Permission denied

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