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Auf GitHub ansehenFeature Request: Add sudo prefix support for command rewriting
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#146 geöffnet am 16. Feb. 2026
P3-nice-to-havearea:clieffort-smallenhancementgood first issuepriority:low
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Beschreibung
Problem
The RTK auto-rewrite hook currently doesn't handle commands prefixed with sudo. This means commands like:
sudo docker pssudo docker logs <container>sudo git status
are not rewritten to their RTK equivalents, resulting in missed token savings when running commands that require elevated privileges.
Proposed Solution
Add logic to strip and preserve the sudo prefix (including flags like sudo -u user) before pattern matching, then restore it in the rewritten command.
Changes to .claude/hooks/rtk-rewrite.sh
- Extract sudo prefix after env var extraction:
# Strip leading sudo (with optional flags) for pattern matching
# e.g., "sudo docker ps" → match against "docker ps"
# e.g., "sudo -u root docker ps" → match against "docker ps"
# Handles: sudo, sudo -u user, sudo -i, sudo -E, sudo -v, sudo -k, etc.
SUDO_PREFIX=""
if echo "$MATCH_CMD" | grep -qE '^sudo([[:space:]]|$)'; then
# Extract sudo and any flags (but stop at the actual command)
SUDO_PREFIX=$(echo "$MATCH_CMD" | grep -oE '^sudo([[:space:]]+-[A-Za-z]+([[:space:]]+[^[:space:]]+)?)*[[:space:]]+' || echo "")
if [ -n "$SUDO_PREFIX" ]; then
MATCH_CMD="${MATCH_CMD:${#SUDO_PREFIX}}"
CMD_BODY="${CMD_BODY:${#SUDO_PREFIX}}"
fi
fi
- Update all REWRITTEN assignments to include
${SUDO_PREFIX}:
# Before
REWRITTEN="${ENV_PREFIX}rtk $CMD_BODY"
# After
REWRITTEN="${ENV_PREFIX}${SUDO_PREFIX}rtk $CMD_BODY"
Example Transformations
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
sudo docker ps |
sudo rtk docker ps |
sudo docker logs container |
sudo rtk docker logs container |
sudo -u root git status |
sudo -u root rtk git status |
Testing
Verified working with:
echo '{"tool_input":{"command":"sudo docker ps"}}' | ~/.claude/hooks/rtk-rewrite.sh
# Output: {"hookSpecificOutput":{..."updatedInput":{"command":"sudo rtk docker ps"}}}
Notes
- The regex handles
sudo,sudo -u user,sudo -i,sudo -E, and combinations - Follows the same pattern already used for env var prefix handling