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To answer this question, we need to understand the concept of logical operators in shell scripting.

In shell scripting, the || operator is the logical OR operator, and the && operator is the logical AND operator.

When the || operator is used, the command following it will only be executed if the preceding command fails or returns a non-zero exit status. On the other hand, when the && operator is used, the command following it will only be executed if the preceding command succeeds or returns a zero exit status.

Let's go through the given command step by step:

1. echo this - This command will be executed and will output "this" to the console.

2. echo that - This command will not be executed because the preceding command (echo this) succeeds and returns a zero exit status.

3. echo other - This command will be executed and will output "other" to the console.

Therefore, the output of the given command "echo this || echo that && echo other" will be "this other".

The correct answer is option D) this other.

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