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`is-admin` for core

Check if nushell is running with administrator or root privileges.

Signature

> is-admin {flags}

Input/output types:

input	output
nothing	bool

Examples

Return 'iamroot' if nushell is running with admin/root privileges, and 'iamnotroot' if not.

>if (is-admin) { "iamroot" } else { "iamnotroot" }
iamnotroot

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