Execute shell script directly from a URL or create shell command line installation script (macOS)

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Execute shell script directly from a URL or create shell command line installation script (macOS)

non-sudo

zsh -c "$(curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/speto/89c741391b5283e3071938f4d4d61553/raw/whoami.sh)"

or

zsh <(curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/speto/89c741391b5283e3071938f4d4d61553/raw/whoami.sh)

sudo

sudo zsh -c "$(curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/speto/89c741391b5283e3071938f4d4d61553/raw/whoami.sh)"

or (doesn't work with read)

sudo zsh < <(curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/speto/89c741391b5283e3071938f4d4d61553/raw/whoami.sh)

run sudo only for specific command in script

zsh -c "$(curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/speto/89c741391b5283e3071938f4d4d61553/raw/whoami_with_sudo.sh)"

zsh <(curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/speto/89c741391b5283e3071938f4d4d61553/raw/whoami_with_sudo.sh)

Resources

• basic idea https://gist.github.com/mob-sakai/174a32b95572e7d8fdbf8e6f43a528f6
• sudo workaround rclone/rclone#3922 (comment)
• sudo read/answer https://brew.sh

whoami.sh

#!/usr/bin/env zsh
whoami

whoami_with_sudo.sh

#!/usr/bin/env zsh
whoami
sudo whoami