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Cannot sudo a custom function in a zsh script

 If you're unable to run a custom function with `sudo` in a Zsh script, it's likely due to how Zsh interacts with `sudo` and function scoping. To execute a custom function with `sudo` in a Zsh script, you can use the `sudo` command to run the entire script or call the function explicitly with `sudo`. Here are two approaches: 1. **Run the Entire Script with `sudo`**:        You can run the entire script with `sudo` to ensure that the custom function and any other commands within the script run with elevated privileges. For example:    ```zsh    #!/bin/zsh    # This is your custom function    my_function() {        # Your custom function code    }    # Call your function with sudo    sudo my_function    # Other script code    ```    Save the script and then run it with `sudo`:    ```bash    sudo ./your_script.zsh    ``` 2. **Explicitly Call the Function with `sudo`**:    If you want to call only the custom function with `sudo` while the rest of the script runs with regular privil