On 14.11.2006 21:48, Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 November 2006 04:16, kitts wrote:
> > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 01:11 IST, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > Thanks Kitts. That's worked first go. I thought I'd have to cd to the
> > > working directory first before running the command, but wasn't sure how
> > > to go after cd'ing. What does the "&&" actually do?
> >
> > It's the bash scripting language. "&&" means to execute the command on
> > the left and if it is successful execute the command on the right. Before
> > i replied to you i had tried something similar but used ";" (semicolon)
> > instead of "&&". The only difference using the semicolon is that continue
> > with the command on the right even if the command on the left fails.
> >
> > You might want to pick up some guide on bash scripting to lean more. It
> > is quite powerful! :-)
>
> Hi Kitts. yes I appreciate that. I have been through the man pages for
> bash, and it's pretty hard going. It would be nice if there were some
> examples that you could try, with explanations as to what these scripts
> were doing. Any suggestions, apart from the man pages?
>
Try googling 'bash tutorials' or 'bash examples'. There are lots of things
that would come out.
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