Re: [hylafax-users] && - Help

["Brian Jackson" <brian-kernel-list@mdrx.com>]

&& means to only execute the second/third/etc. command if the previous one 
completed succesfully.
the echo is probably just toadd a blank line to make the output of this 
easier to read. 

Paul Kraus writes: 

> What does && represent? 
> 
> Here is the command that I saw it in.
> watch -n 1 "/hylafax/etc/errorstats.sh /hylafax/etc/xferfaxlog &&
> faxstat -asl && echo && tail /var/log/messages" 
> 
> Also why is the echo necessary. 
> 
> Cross Posted due to relevancy. 
> 
> 
> Paul Kraus
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