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Kovid Goyal 2023-09-24 13:41:16 +05:30
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@ -130,12 +130,15 @@ by running ``sudo visudo`` and adding the following line::
Defaults env_keep += "TERM TERMINFO"
If none of these are suitable for you, you can run sudo as follows::
If none of these are suitable for you, you can run sudo as ::
sudo TERMINFO="$TERMINFO" -s -H
sudo TERMINFO="$TERMINFO"
This will start a new root shell with the correct :envvar:`TERMINFO` value from your
current environment copied over.
This will make :envvar:`TERMINFO` available
in the sudo environment. Create an alias in your shell rc files to make this
convenient::
alias sudo="sudo TERMINFO=\"$TERMINFO\""
If you have double width characters in your prompt, you may also need to
explicitly set a UTF-8 locale, like::