cli guru needed

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Bazooka Joe wrote:
> Is there a way to combine these 2 commands to cut my time in half?
> 
> VBoxManage internalcommands  converttoraw file.vdi file.raw
> then I have to run
> dd if=file.raw of=/dev/sdb
> 
> -thx
> 
You can can command on the same command in several ways. It depends
on what you put between the command.

; - always run the next command.
&& - run the second command only if the first command is successful.
|| - run the second command if the first one fails.

Mikkel
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