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Use || to run a second command if and only if a first command fails: 

cd /tmp/a/b || mkdir -p /tmp/a/b


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Samus_
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same for && but only if the command succeeds:

 mkdir -p /tmp/a/b && cd /tmp/a/b
Posted 2009-02-13 00:33:54

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