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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Functions
+
 memq() { # memq ITEM ARRAY
     ## Test whether an ITEM is a member of ARRAY.
     ## Pass ARRAY as ${ARRAY[@]}.
@@ -28,3 +30,16 @@ first_which() { # first_which COMMAND...
         shift
     done
 }
+
+please() { # please [COMMAND...]
+    # if run without arguments, run the last command with 'sudo' (aka sudo !!)
+    # if run WITH arguments, alias as sudo
+    history -d -1
+    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+        #set -- $(HISTTIMEFORMAT=$'\t' history 2 | sed 's/^.*\t//;q')
+        set -- $(fc -lnr | sed 1q)
+    fi
+    echo >&2 sudo "$@"
+    history -s sudo "$@"
+    "${DEBUG:-false}" || sudo "$@"
+}