On Tuesday 14 November 2006 20:56, Boyan Tabakov wrote:
> 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.
Yeh. Kitts has just mentioned those. I know I'm not young anymore. and it's
not too easy to remember stuff, but I suppose I should put some effort in, as
I'm using Linux 100%.
Nigel.
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