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+
+### Run commands back to back
+
+To run two commands back to back, separate them with a semicolon. Note that
+this interaction is entirely unconditional: the second command executes
+regardless of whether the first command succeeded or not.
+
+```
+c:\dev\clyde ▷ echo one; echo two
+one
+two
+```