Typing of more than one command.

[Karinya]

I usually work in command prompt. I am not able to use another command when i am working in one command prompt.? It can prove beneficial if I can use another command prompt simultaneously. Its very tedious job to work on single command prompt. Give some suggestions for my query.

[Lillebror]

You can use more than one command by using pipe or the ampersand. It depends on which version of Windows you are using. The listed below are the examples for each version of Windows. The command initially get the root of current drive and later it run the Dir command to list the current contents of the root as usual.
For the users of Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98
cd\ | dir
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP users using the command shell
Instead of using the pipe, it later changed to the ampersand (&). Therefore you would need to type the below command to have the same results as earlier versions of Windows.
cd\ & dir

[Dr. V]

If you are working in Linux, then also you can use two commands at a time.
For this you would type: command1 && command2
Here the command2 will only be executed if command1 is executed successfully. In theoretical term it is known as logical AND.
If you want to execute command2 even the command1 fails then
You would type:command1 || command2
command2 will be executed if command1 does not successfully complete. This is called a logical OR.
Executing commands sequentially
type:command1; command2
command2 will execute once command1 has completed.
You can also use multiple commands by using ; (semicolon) between them.

[Devasis]

After going through your query, i came to know that there is a solution for your problem. Yes, you can definitely open some another command while operating others as well. The shell and version of Windows which you are using will decide which command is suitable for the computer. In these examples the command would first get to the root of existing drive and then it will run on the dir command to list the present stuffing of the root.

cd\ | dir

As there is an alternative of using the pipe Microsoft determined to alter it to the ampersand (&). As a result you would need to type the below command to have the same results as prior version of Windows.
cd\ & dir