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date 2010-0-26
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title Run multiple commands at once

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Want to know how to run two or more linux commands sequentially? It's simple: use the semicolon ;.

For instance:

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 cd;ls

This will change the directory to your home directory, then list the contents. You can use as many semicolons as you wish.

Another option is to use && if you only want the next command to execute if the previous command executed successfully.

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 cd ~/myfiles; cp file.txt ~/backup/ && rm file.txt

This will only run the last command if the cp command executed successfully.

You can swap the && for || to run a command if the previous one fails.

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