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Old 01-25-2012, 09:55 AM   #1
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Bash Shell Script Exit Codes

Here is my daily stupid question:

How can I tell a script to only execute if the other scripts exits successfully?

So "script A" executes and if it executes successfully (0),then "script B" will run

or else

"script A "executes and it exits unsucessfully (1) then "script B" will read return code (1) and will not execute
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Old 01-25-2012, 10:19 AM   #2
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my_script_A.sh && my_script_B.sh
 
Old 01-25-2012, 10:25 AM   #3
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So a Boolean operator "AND" (&&)

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When used in this context, && is a control operator
 
Old 01-25-2012, 11:14 AM   #5
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When used in this context, && is a control operator
+1 to that and more specifically a "command list control operator". More info here.
 
  


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