What is the difference between ; and &&

[Lance E. Lott]

With ; each command is executed one right after the other, regardless of 
error condition.

With &&, if the error condition is non-zero, then the next command is not 
executed.

Lance.



At 05:36 PM 1/7/2004, you wrote:

>Just wondering what the difference is between ; and &&?
>
>I use make depend; make; make install and others say they use:
>
>make depend && make && make install
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