One specific Autostart Command in i3 config file not work

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update

Related question is here.
My G913 interrupt the suspend of my pc.
solved by run a command in root.

Here is steps about how to make it:
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I get the command exec --no-startup-id echo disabled | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-10.1.4/power/wakeup
in my i3 config file. Which should turn the content of wakeup file from enabled to disabled.

But in fact it wont work.

in my config file I copy the file after the change like this:

exec --no-startup-id echo disabled | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-10.1.4/power/wakeup 
exec --no-startup-id cp /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-10.1.4/power/wakeup ~/wk.bak

The content of wk.bak is enabled.

The other exec command works fine. So why this happens.

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Does it do that if you run it from command line?

I would expext sudo to be problematic in an autostart script.

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yeah it works from command line.
so how to start command with sudo?

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What you probably mean is:
it works from command line after you did supply the admin password

I think this is the wrong question (https://xyproblem.info/).
A better one, if you want help, may be:
What is it that you want to achieve?

looks kike you want to wake up or put to sleep some USB device - toggle some energy saving function

addition:
if that is the case, perhaps this here can be inspiration

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/control-usb-power-supply

GitHub - ramzeto/usb-toggle: USB-Toggle is a Python script that allows to software unplug and software plug any USB device (including hubs).

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You are asking the wrong question.

The right question is how do I run a script at system boot

You will need to execute the script as a systemd service and move the wk.bak file to another location e.g. /etc/wk.bak.

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thanks but seems the usb plug cant bypass the root. Finally will need the root auth to make it.

Thanks for your urls you post.

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Ok, you said it’s solved.
Even though I think no one here knows what you even wanted to do. :man_shrugging:

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sorry

Related question is here.
My G913 interrupt the suspend of my pc.

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