CLI: Execute two commands

[paraj]

Is it possible to execute two commands on the same line in the CLI (in 3.0+) like you'd do with (unix) sh

echo foo; echo bar

or (windows) cmd

echo foo & echo bar

? If it matters, I don't care about echoing, I just want to run two programs (concretely something like <relative path>/download_program and program_copied <arguments>). Making a script with two lines works, but I find myself doing this in many different directories, and it's no big deal, but could save a few keystrokes .

[Toni Wilen]

Type command 1, press Control+J, type command 2. Return. Possibly there are also other ways.

[paraj]

Thanks, that answers my question but made me realize I forgot an implicit requirement (sorry).

I now realize what I do is:

>cmd1
>cmd2 
up-arrow
up-arrow
enter
up-arrow
up-arrow
enter

With Ctrl-J it does what I asked, but up+enter only repeats cmd2 while I was hoping for cmd1+cmd2.

[thomas]

With the Pipe command in C: and after following its installation instructions, you should be able to type cmd1 || cmd2.

http://aminet.net/package/util/shell/Pipe-1.5

[Thomas Richter]

Originally Posted by paraj

Is it possible to execute two commands on the same line in the CLI (in 3.0+) like you'd do with (unix) sh

echo foo; echo bar

or (windows) cmd

echo foo & echo bar

?

Almost. "&" is the "run-back" indicator. You probably mean "&&" which concatenates commands.



The "&" exists since V45. The "&&" exists since V47.

[paraj]

Thanks, the pipe commands does the trick on my ancient OS installation. Also good to know there's a built-in option once I get around to upgrading