sudo !! equivalent on Windows cmd

Question

I'm looking for a cmd.exe equivalent to Linux's sudo !! and other bang-commands such as !x, !?x, !!:p and !!* mentioned here.

Solution

You can try gsudo, a sudo for windows that allows either to run commands with elevated permissions on the current console, to elevate the current shell, or launch elevated commands on a new console.

Examples

gsudo {command} [arguments]
gsudo md "C:\Program Files\MyApp"

# spawn the current shell (Cmd/PowerShell/PSCore) in a new console window
gsudo -n

# spawn PowerShell in a new console window
gsudo -n powershell

UPDATE: Since gsudo v0.7.1, it supports the Unix-sudo Bang Bang syntax, on CMD:

• gsudo !! elevates the last executed command.
• gsudo !prefix elevates the last executed command that starts with prefix.
• gsudo !?infix elevates the last executed command that contains infix.

Installation

• Install with Scoop: scoop install gsudo
• Install with Chocolatey: choco install gsudo

Manuall installation methods, docs & source at https://github.com/gerardog/gsudo

Comments

[phuclv]

I don't think so, cmd is an ancient beast with a lot of unfixable problems due to backward compatibility. You don't even have an equivalent to sudo in Windows. Powershell is much more powerful and you can do the above things with Get-History

[NotepadPlusPlus PRO]

You can try cygwin if you really miss Linux commands.

[Outman]

@Cricrazy cygwin is great, but my use case exclusively involves cmd.

[RaSedg]

The just released gsudo v0.7.1 suports !! on CMD. :)

[RaSedg]

Unfortunately this doesn't works in Windows 10. It will run as that user but without elevation/admin rights.

[harrymc]

@GerardoGrignoli: You are right that a Linux user will expect this, although Windows is different. I added links to some some self-elevation methods.

[pooter03]

Brilliant! Especially fun as I used winget to install it for that extra-pseudo 'nux feel. :)