Load aliases from .bashrc file while using sudo I have set aliases for a few programs in the `.bashrc` file, and they work fine without `sudo` and they don't with `sudo`. Is there a way to get those aliases work with `sudo`? For example: nano text.txt #alias nano='nano -icB' WORKS sudo nano text.txt #alias does not work **NOTE:** I have tried `sudo -E nano text.txt`, but it didn't work. I am on Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet).

One way is to duplicate your aliases for the root user, too. By e. g. putting them in `/root/.bashrc`.

Perhaps an easier way is to simply put this in your `.bashrc`:

`alias sudo='sudo '`

The space after `sudo` is important. According to the bash manual:

> If the last character of the alias value is a space or tab character, then the next command word following the alias is also checked for alias expansion.