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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (20 children)

The real debate is whether it's sudo or sudo.

I know it means "super user do" so should be pronounced "sue doo", but it just grates on my ear. To me it will always be "Sue dough"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (7 children)

akshully

It's "substitute user do", and defaults to root

IIRC

[–] intrapt 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So it should be pronounced "suh doo"?

I'll have fun annoying people with this pronunciation, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

The u is from user I assume, not substitute, so pronounced sue if you want to maintain the original pronunciation of the word it's from.

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