In Bash, if you want to execute a command with sudo but without actually granting it root privileges, you can use the -u (user) flag to specify a non-root user. For example, to run a command as your current user (or another non-root user) via sudo, you can do:

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sudo -u $USER command

Explanation:

• -u $USER: Runs the command as the specified user (here, $USER is your current user).
• This ensures the command runs with the permissions of the specified user, not root.

Example:

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sudo -u $USER ls /path/to/directory

This will list the directory as your current user, not as root.

Note:

• If you truly want to run a command without any elevated privileges, simply omit sudo entirely.
• The -u flag is useful when you need to use sudo for a specific reason (e.g., environment variables) but want to drop privileges for the command itself.