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help with cmd/bat file
Posted on 2012-12-21
Hello.
I have a directory with some text files I like to merge
that can be done by copy c:\myfolder\*.txt destfile.txt
But what I need to do is to have the files in a specific order (ie only a few of them is important)
So what I want to do is having a file fileorder.txt (not in the same folder)
that contains the files that should be first in that order
so the cmd file shoud read the fileorder.txt
and merge all the files that are in there into destfile.txt
then all the other files that are not in fileorder.txt should be appended after
those files.
How can i do that?
I have a directory with some text files I like to merge
that can be done by copy c:\myfolder\*.txt destfile.txt
But what I need to do is to have the files in a specific order (ie only a few of them is important)
So what I want to do is having a file fileorder.txt (not in the same folder)
that contains the files that should be first in that order
so the cmd file shoud read the fileorder.txt
and merge all the files that are in there into destfile.txt
then all the other files that are not in fileorder.txt should be appended after
those files.
How can i do that?
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@echo off
cd /d C:\Targetfolder
copy nul DestFile.txt >nul
for /F "tokens=*" %%F in (c:\FileOrder.txt) do copy DestFile.txt+"C:\MyFolder\%%~F" >nul
for /F "tokens=*" %%F in ('dir C:\MyFolder\*.txt /b ^| findstr /V /G:C:\FileOrder.txt') do ^
copy DestFile.txt+"%%~F" >nul
Seems like it dont work for me.
I have this:
c:\fileorder.txt containing
b.txt
c.txt
in c:\myfolder i have 4 files. a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt
The DestFile.txt ends up with som strange charaters and only the content of b.txt joined with c.txt.
I have this:
c:\fileorder.txt containing
b.txt
c.txt
in c:\myfolder i have 4 files. a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt
The DestFile.txt ends up with som strange charaters and only the content of b.txt joined with c.txt.
IE the file contains :
Row 1 : content of b.txt
Row 2. Character for ascii value 26 and the content of c.txt
Row 3. 3 times the chaqracter for ascii value 26
Row 1 : content of b.txt
Row 2. Character for ascii value 26 and the content of c.txt
Row 3. 3 times the chaqracter for ascii value 26
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ASCII 26 is EOF, but that is no longer required or used. It has been appended by the COPY command, but in an inconsistent way ...
I have changed the COPY command to use binary mode (and not add anything), and invented variables to set the different names and locations.
I have changed the COPY command to use binary mode (and not add anything), and invented variables to set the different names and locations.
@echo off
set fileOrder=C:\FileOrder.txt
set source=C:\MyFolder
set target=C:\Targetfolder
cd /d %target%
copy nul DestFile.txt >nul
for /F "tokens=*" %%F in (%fileOrder%) do copy /B DestFile.txt+"%Source%\%%~F"
for /F "tokens=*" %%F in ('dir %Source%\*.txt /b ^| findstr /V /G:%fileOrder%') do ^
copy /B DestFile.txt+"%Source%\%%~F"
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