Possible to execute two or more than two commands at the same time?

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Is it possible to pass two command at the same time in a linux shell? For example, Instead of writing commands in this way,

root# cd Python-2.6.6
Python-2.6.6# ./configure

I want something like this to execute whole command in one line;

root# cd Python-2.6.6 ./configure

That is, while being in root, i want to change the directory and configure python file..

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Answer 1 · 2011-05-10 07:57:04Z

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Use an appropriate command separator.

cd Python-2.6.6 && ./configure

answered May 10 '11 at 7:57

	Thanks, I am running these commands from python script which will run on the client side to get python installed in remote server. If i run this code in linux, it worked, but when i execute it in from client side i receive error, ['configure: WARNING:\n', '\n', ' By default, distutils will build C++ extension modules with "g++".\n', ' If this is not intended, then set CXX on the configure command line.\n', ' \n'] – khati May 10 '11 at 8:06
	So... do you not want to build C++ extension modules with g++ then? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams May 10 '11 at 8:11
	Well I am quite new to linux. Did not understand your question. But this was the warning message that i got when i run the script. This did not create problem while I was running it from linux , but when i run it from client side (python code), after this message the program stops. How to ignore this message while passing commands? – khati May 10 '11 at 8:16
	You can give additional parameters to configure which will control how (with what options) python will be built. To see a list of these parameters, run `./configure --help` and then select the appropriate options for your target system. – SvenW May 10 '11 at 8:27

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