What is displayed when this sequence of commands is executed using the bash shell?

Consider the following commands:

What is displayed when this sequence of commands is executed using the bash shell?

Consider the following commands:

What is displayed when this sequence of commands is executed using the bash shell?

A.
Hello, world

B.
cat: cannot open file1

C.
cat: cannot open file1Hello, world

D.
cat: cannot open file1 Hello, World

E.
bash: syntax error near unexpected token ‘&&’

Explanation:
First line (rm file1) deletes/removes file1.
Second line captures the text into file2.
The first part of line 3 (cat file1) fails as the file1 does not exist.
The && (AND) operator will ensure that the third line fails. The result of line 3 will be the result of
first part of line 3 (cat file1).
Note: cat – concatenate files and print on the standard output
Note #1: A list is a sequence of one or more pipelines separated by one of the operators ;, &,
&&, or ||, and optionally terminated by one of ;, &, or a newline.

Of these list operators, && and || have equal precedence, followed by ; and &, which have
equal precedence.
AND and OR lists are sequences of one or more pipelines separated by the control operators &&
and ||, respectively. AND and OR lists are executed with left associativity.
An AND list has the form
command1 && command2
command2 is executed if, and only if, command1 returns an exit status of zero.
An OR list has the form
command1 || command2
command2 is executed if, and only if, command1 returns a non-zero exit status.
The return status of AND and OR lists is the exit status of the last command executed in the list.
Note #2 (on exit status): Zero means command executed successfully, if exit status returns non-zero value then your command failed to execute.
Reference: Bash Reference Manual, Lists of Commands



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cat file1 || cat file2
cat: cannot open file1: No such file or directory
Helow word
root@Sol-11-2-PC03:~# cat file1 &&cat file2
cat: cannot open file1: No such file or directory

For the shell’s purposes, a command which exits with a zero exit status has succeeded. A non-zero exit status indicates failure.

AND and OR lists are sequences of one or more pipelines separated by the control operators ‘&&’ and ‘||’, respectively. AND and OR lists are executed with left associativity.

,b>An AND list has the form
command1 && command2
command2 is executed if, and only if, command1 returns an exit status of zero.

An OR list has the form
command1 || command2
command2 is executed if, and only if, command1 returns a non-zero exit status.

The return status of AND and OR lists is the exit status of the last command executed in the list.
Reference:
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Lists