Chain commands on the PowerShell command line (e.g. POSIX sh &&)

Question

Is there an equivalent in PowerShell of this command construct from sh (and its derivatives):

 $ cmd1 && cmd2 

where cmd2 only starts when cmd1 terminates?

I know that you can combine commands with a semicolon. However, this does not take into account the exit status of the commands.

Answer 1

There is no direct analogue of && or ||. However, there are several discussions of alternatives. Here is one example:

conditional execution (& & and ||) in powershell

Answer 2

Try the following:

 $errorActionPreference='Stop'; cmd1; cmd2