How can I use logical AND (&&) in Powershell?

Question

In terminal I used to run two commands at once using '&&' operator. For example if I want to compile and run C source code I only need to write: gcc code.c && ./a.out. But unfortunately it doesn't work in Powershell. How can I do this? And I'm sorry I couldn't find any easier method to do this. Therefore, I had to post it here! TIA!

Answer 1

After searching here and there I found out '&&' doesn't work in PS. There is '-and' command in lieu of '&&'. But in my case I actually wanted to execute two command at once and it didn't work. I found a way to do this. A simple semicolon could do the work. For example: If I want to compile and run a C++ code, I just need to write g++ /directory/code.cpp; ./a.exe. But if someone uses this they should be aware of that the second command will work even though the first one doesn't execute due to any error unlike the '&&' operator!

Answer 2

You can use a semicolon [;] . Something like this:

(command); (command)

(Write-Host "this");  (Write-Host " or that")

(gcc .\code.c);  (.\a.out)

Answer 3

Check here if you really need the abortive nature of the && and not just "two commands, one line".

$ErrorActionPreference="Stop"
# Line break
fakeCommand; echo "Here"