What Does && Mean in Linux?
Contents What Is Ampersand Linux? an Ampersand Does the Same Thing as a Semicolon or Newline in That It Indicates the End of a Command, but It Causes Bash to...
What is ampersand Linux?
An ampersand does the same thing as a semicolon or newline in that it indicates the end of a command, but it causes Bash to execute the command asynchronously. That means Bash will run it in the background and run the next command immediately after, without waiting for the former to end.
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What does an & after a command do?
The & makes the command run in the background. … If a command is terminated by the control operator &, the shell executes the command in the background in a subshell. The shell does not wait for the command to finish, and the return status is 0.
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