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If a command specified to the shell contains a slash ''/'', the shell will not execute a builtin command. Thus, while specifying ''echo'' causes a builtin command to be executed under shells that support the builtin echo command, specifying ''/bin/echo'' does not.
!Why can I not use ''sudo <shell_builtin>'' ?
-A shell builtin is not an executable file so sudo does not know about it.
+A shell builtin is not an executable file so sudo does not know about it. (obviously wont be found in any dirs in sudo's PATH)
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You will need to use the command ''sudo -s'' to get a new shell with root privileges or alternatively you can do ''sudo bash -c "<shell_builtin>" ~[args~]''.
