cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7) project(concat_cmd NONE) set(output1 ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/out1.txt) set(output2 ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/out2.txt) file(REMOVE ${output1} ${output2}) # Check that second command runs if first command contains "||" which has higher precedence than "&&" on Windows add_custom_target(concat_cmd ALL COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Hello || pipe world" && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${output1} || exit 1 COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${output2}) # Check output add_custom_target(check_output ALL COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${output1} ${output1}.copy COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${output2} ${output2}.copy) add_dependencies(check_output concat_cmd)