What is the difference between ; and &&

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 18:36, Eric F Crist wrote:
> Just wondering what the difference is between ; and &&?
> 
> I use make depend; make; make install and others say they use:

This notation will run each command, one after the other, regardless of
the exit status of the previous command.

> 
> make depend && make && make install

This notation will only run the subsequent command if the previous
command exited cleanly without error.  This is a much safer syntax.

Joe

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