From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: shell-command parameters
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:05:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uvdstkrk2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <818wppsa7o.fsf@myhost.sbcglobal.net>
> From: Chetan <Chetan.xspam@xspam.sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:40:27 -0800
>
> > On Windows, if you want 2 commands on a single line, use `&' instead
> > of `;', as in
> >
> > echo 1 2 3 & echo 4 5
> Or
> echo 1 2 3 && echo 4 5 and get the same result everywhere
The semantics of ;/& and && is not the same. With `echo', the
difference hardly matters, but in general, the former will always run
both commands, while the latter will sometimes only run the first one.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-06 4:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-05 11:11 shell-command parameters rustom
2009-01-05 13:35 ` Chetan
2009-01-05 14:07 ` Peter Dyballa
2009-01-05 20:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.4046.1231186569.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-05 21:40 ` Chetan
2009-01-06 4:05 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.4079.1231214715.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-06 7:33 ` rustom
2009-01-06 14:29 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.4120.1231252170.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-06 15:02 ` rustom
2009-01-06 15:45 ` Andreas Politz
2009-01-06 20:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-01-08 5:50 ` Barry Margolin
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