On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Brian Jackson wrote: > && means to only execute the second/third/etc. command if the previous one > completed succesfully. > the echo is probably just toadd a blank line to make the output of this > easier to read.
Maybe a nice add-on: the || does the oppesite thing; if the previous command fails, execute the next. Example: ping -c1 non.existent.host || reinitialize_internet-connection.sh The script is only executed when ping fails. > Paul Kraus writes: > > > What does && represent? > > > > Here is the command that I saw it in. > > watch -n 1 "/hylafax/etc/errorstats.sh /hylafax/etc/xferfaxlog && > > faxstat -asl && echo && tail /var/log/messages" > > > > Also why is the echo necessary. > > > > Cross Posted due to relevancy. HTH -- Jos Lemmerling on Debian GNU/Linux jos(@)lemmerling(.net) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
