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Use && to run a second command if and only if a first command succeeds: 

cd tmp/a/b/c && tar xvf ~/archive.tar


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Bob
#1
Useful for this:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Posted 2009-02-09 04:21:31
Andrew Punch
#2
Alternative to given command:
tar xvf ~/archive.tar -C tmp/a/b/c
Posted 2010-03-21 16:18:00

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