Simulate Linux's SUDO in PowerShell

To start a notepad.exe process as normal user:

c:\> notepad.exe

To start a notepad.exe process as normal user with PowerShell:

PS> Start-Process notepad

To open a file as Administrator with PowerShell:

Start-Process 'notepad' -Verb runAs -ArgumentList c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

To simulate 'sudo' with PowerShell Cmdlet

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function sudo
{
  if ($args.Count -gt 0)
  {
    $lastIndex = $args.Count-1
    $programName = $args[0]
    if ($args.Count -gt 1)
    {
      $programArgs = $args[1 .. $lastIndex]
    }
    Start-Process $programName -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $programArgs
  }
  else
  {
    if ($env:WT_SESSION) {
      Start-Process "wt.exe" -Verb runAs
    }
    elseif ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Core')
    {
      Start-Process "$PSHOME\pwsh.exe" -Verb runAs
    }
    elseif ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Desktop')
    {
      Start-Process "$PSHOME\powershell.exe" -Verb runAs
    }
  }
}

Set-Alias -Name su -Value sudo

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To use the cmdlet:

PS> sudo notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Links:

• 如何在 Windows 的 PowerShell 模擬 Linux 環境下的 sudo 命令