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"publishedAt": "2026-03-18T21:01:16.000Z",
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"textContent": "DOS didn’t have sudo yet. This gross oversight has been addressed. SUDO examines the environment for the COMSPEC variable to find the default command interpreter, falling back to C:\\COMMAND.COM if not set. The interpreter is then executed in unprotected real mode for full privileges. ↫ SUDO for DOS’ Codeberg page A vital tool, for sure.",
"title": "Sudo ported to DOS"
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