& - allows you to run commands in the background of your terminal
add to the end of your command
&& - allows you to combine multiple commands together in one line of your terminal
$ command1 && command2
- redirector or takes output from a command (like cat to output a file) and direct it somewhere else
$ echo hey > welcome
prints ‘hey’ to screen but redirects > it to file ‘welcome’¶
- redirector but appends the output rather than replacing
$ echo hello >> welcome