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muru
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If you want it to work without sudo as well, use ${SUDO_USER:-$USER}. For example:

printf '%s\n' "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"

Explanation

${var:-val} will expand to $var, unless it's unset or empty, in which case it will expand to val.

If you want it to work without sudo as well, use ${SUDO_USER:-$USER}. For example:

printf '%s\n' "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"

Explanation

${var:-val} will expand to $var, unless it's unset or empty, in which case it will expand to val.

If you want it to work without sudo as well, use ${SUDO_USER:-$USER}. For example:

printf '%s\n' "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"

${var:-val} will expand to $var, unless it's unset or empty, in which case it will expand to val.

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user3730
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If you want it to work without sudo as well, use ${SUDO_USER:-$USER}. For example:

printf '%s\n' "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"

Explanation

${var:-val} will expand to $var, unless it's unset or empty, in which case it will expand to val.

If you want it to work without sudo as well:

printf '%s\n' "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"

If you want it to work without sudo as well, use ${SUDO_USER:-$USER}. For example:

printf '%s\n' "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"

Explanation

${var:-val} will expand to $var, unless it's unset or empty, in which case it will expand to val.

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user3730
user3730

If you want it to work without sudo as well:

printf '%s\n' "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}"