In MPEX (VESOFT) you can use the MANY command:

     MANY|Command|Command|Command

In this case the first character after the MANY ("|") becomes the
command separator and can be anything

"VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" wrote:
>
> ...
> > is there a way to issue multiple commands
> > from a colon (or your choice of HPPROMPT) prompt ? Without
> > using a command file.  Somewhat like multiple commands
> > in Quad, seperated by a semi-colon.
>
> It is not possible in the CI and it is possible in the
> POSIX shell.  In the shell a semicolon is the command
> separator.  In the CI an ampersand is used to indicate
> that the command line is continued below on the next line.
> However, all continuation lines are still part of the
> initial command line and are treated as a single line of
> input to the CI.
>
> HTH,
> Jeff Vance, CSY