Continuing the discussion from [Question about passwd.pacnew]

[MrLavender]

@cscs

… I really dont understand what the issue is.

$ echo 'root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash' > passwd.pacnew
$ sudo meld /etc/passwd passwd.pacnew

@cscs

Even if that was somehow broken… you can use the interface to copy/paste or simply write out the first line (etc) if necessary.

Yes that’s what I did but it may not be obvious to less experienced users.