Greg Wooledge (12021-08-02):
> No, that won't work.
>
> https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#pf53
>
> If you want to use redirections with sudo, you either need to wrap
> things in "sh -c" a lot, or else get a full interactive shell first
> (sudo -s), and *then* run your commands with redirections.
That! And sudo was addressed in the very first mail:
"I advise it over using root privileges for the cp: you could wipe your
install if you get the device wrong."
Regards,
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Nicolas George