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+# Run sudoedit(8) with an appropriate user on a set of files
+
+# Blank out the user variable
+user=
+
+# Iterate over the given files
+for file ; do
+
+    # Get the file's owner, or bail
+    file_owner=$(stat -c %U -- "$file") || exit
+
+    # Check that this file has the same owner as all previously checked files,
+    # if any
+    case $user in
+        "$file_owner"|'')
+            user=$file_owner
+            ;;
+        *)
+            printf >&2 'sue: Files do not share a common owner\n'
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Run sudoedit(8) as the user that owns all the files
+sudoedit -u "$user" -- "$@"