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it's not the same as the OP script, please explain : if a a command fails, the script abort

Gilles Quénot
– Gilles Quénot

2012-10-25 21:06:53 +00:00
Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 21:06
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Additionally, you can use cmd1 || cmd2 separator if you need cmd2 to execute only if cmd1 returned non-zero status to shell, and you may use cmd1 ; cmd2 if you want to run both commands irrespective of their return status.

Victor Sorokin
– Victor Sorokin

2012-10-25 21:08:16 +00:00
Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 21:08
@sputnick It should be, I just pasted it in and concatenated the commands with &&

Mark Stevens
– Mark Stevens

2012-10-25 21:08:39 +00:00
Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 21:08
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@MarkStevens It's a better implementation but it won't get to the same results as if the commands were run sequentially, I think that's what sputnick meant.

andrux
– andrux

2012-10-25 21:11:43 +00:00
Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 21:11

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