Reference number: CH000177
Can you type more than one command at one command prompt?
Question:Can you type more than one command at one command prompt?
Answer:Yes, use the pipe
or the ampersand to separate your
commands.
The shell
and version
of Windows
you are using decides what character to use. Below are some additional examples for each version
of Windows and shell. In both of these examples the command would first
get to the root
of the current
drive and then run
the dir command to list
the current contents
of the root.
Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 and
Windows ME users
cd\ | dir Microsoft Windows 2000 and
Windows XP users using the command shell Instead of using the pipe
Microsoft decided to change it to the ampersand (&) for reasons
unknown by us. Therefore you would need to type the below command to
have the same results as earlier versions of Windows. cd\ &
dir |
