When I try something like
$command &; command2
, bash returns me
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
How can I do that?
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This one you mean https://unix.stackexchange.com/posts/67015/revisions – aaa Jun 26 '21 at 12:37
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Both & and ; are command terminators. You use one or the other, but not both.
some_command1 & some_command2
some_commandA ; some_commandB
is the same as
some_command1 &
some_command2
some_commandA ;
some_commandB
... but the ; is not needed when it's at the end of the line, so the second set of commands is the same as
some_commandA
some_commandB
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Okay I understand better, I never knew that
&is not only to detach but to end the "line" too, thanks! – aaa Jun 26 '21 at 12:02