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Re:Black Screen – Both a terminal emulator and an interactiv... by nkkollaw on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:17PM (#14258542)
It's not the same thing.

; executes the following command even if the first one fails. && only if the previous command returns 0.

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Re:Black Screen – Both a terminal emulator and an interactiv... by Trd on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:45PM (#14258814)
Not when used with and. And and or verify if the previous command executed. It says as much in the documentation linked by OP.

So you can do things like: runthiscommand; and echo "Success"; or echo "Failed"

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Re:Black Screen – Both a terminal emulator and an interactiv... by discreditable on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:06AM (#14264892)
> It's not the same thing.

Oh but it is! Read the link!

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