echo into file permission denied

[craigp]

from the user www-data i am trying to run this:

sudo echo -e "something" > /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf


now the reply i get when i run as su www-data i get:

"sh: /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf: permission denied"

Any help?
Cheers

[taurus]

sudo echo -e "something" > sudo /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

[rjack]

Using tee
echo "ciao" | sudo tee /path/to/filehas one advantage: the program that outputs data is run as normal user, so it's safer in the general case where the program is not a simple "echo".

More on this topic in the RootSudo (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Downsides of using sudo) wiki page.

[sisco311]

echo -e "something" | sudo tee /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

to append the file:

echo -e "something" | sudo tee -a /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

[craigp]

thanks guys that worked perfectly

[sisco311]

Cool!

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[Cracauer]

Or

sudo sh -c "echo foo > /blah"