Linux Command Sequences in the Bash Shell

Posted by aweber on Dec 6, 2010 10:24 PM EDT
BashShell.net; By Mike Weber
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In addition to creating programming structures, you can also use the semi-colon to separate stand-alone commands that you want to execute from the same command entry. If you wanted to cd to a certain directory and then look at its contents, you could enter each command on its own line. Or, you could enter them both on the same line. This process is called command chaining.

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