CombineCommands

This page was last updated on September 29, 2013.

These are some methods for combining more than one command in Bash. Although the examples show only two commands strung together, you can continue adding semi-colons, pipes, ampersands, etc., to add more commands.

Syntax	Description
command1 | command2	Execute command1. Use its output as input for command2.
command1 || command2	Execute command1. If it fails, execute command2.
command1 && command2	Execute command1. If it works, execute command2.
command1; command2	Execute command1 and command2 regardless of whether either of them fail.
command1 $(command2)	Execute command2. Use its output as input for command1.
command1 `command2 -options`	Execute command2. Use its output as input for command1.

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