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I have several text files which need to be joined together. They all contain data.
I simply want to join the contents of each file in an orderly way, one after another and so forth, and then I want to form 1 file.
For example, there are 4 .txt files, at C:\WorkingFolder\...
They all end with .. 1.txt, ..2.txt, ...3.txt and ...4.txt (for instance Order1.txt, Order2.txt, Order3.txt and Order4.txt. I want to join them all into 1 .txt file called OrdersComb.txt.
The order of the joining of the contents does not have to follow the 1,2,3,4 but that would be fine if it followed that logical pattern.
I simply want to join the contents of each file in an orderly way, one after another and so forth, and then I want to form 1 file.
For example, there are 4 .txt files, at C:\WorkingFolder\...
They all end with .. 1.txt, ..2.txt, ...3.txt and ...4.txt (for instance Order1.txt, Order2.txt, Order3.txt and Order4.txt. I want to join them all into 1 .txt file called OrdersComb.txt.
The order of the joining of the contents does not have to follow the 1,2,3,4 but that would be fine if it followed that logical pattern.
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I'd go with copy command suggested by Bill from batch unless you need something like a specific order etc. If needed then get the output of the dir command into the order you want, e.g.
e.g. date order: dir /od dir /o-d
etc.
or even something like using a sort by 5th char in name
dir /b /o-d | sort /+5
then you can read whatever list of filenames you make, and pipe them all into a new file with a one liner batch:
@echo off
(for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d /a-d Order*.txt') do type "%%~a") > outputfile.txt
e.g. date order: dir /od dir /o-d
etc.
or even something like using a sort by 5th char in name
dir /b /o-d | sort /+5
then you can read whatever list of filenames you make, and pipe them all into a new file with a one liner batch:
@echo off
(for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d /a-d Order*.txt') do type "%%~a") > outputfile.txt
ASKER
Lastly, when joining the files.
I want a blank line to separate the data. Is this possible?
I want a blank line to separate the data. Is this possible?
Don't know which ones you have tried or talking about but try this or variation as required on the dir command options. It is only the filenames that is processed by the for command so there is no problem with any control characters like ><&() etc. messing anything up in the data like if we processed them line by line.
Steve
@echo off
(for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d /a-d Order*.txt') do (
type "%%~a"
echo.
) > outputfile.txt
Steve
@echo off
(for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d /a-d Order*.txt') do (
type "%%~a"
echo.
) > outputfile.txt
I think this would work in a small BAT file:
@echo off
set Blank="%TEMP%\_lf.txt"
echo.>%Blank%
copy file1.txt+%Blank%+file2.txt+%Blank%+file3.txt+%Blank%+file4.txt orderscomb.txt
del %Blank%
True Bill, messier than nice loop though :-)
Yes, really depends on how many files involved...
~bp
~bp
any particular reason why you gave bill a B grade for answering your question?
ASKER
It should have been an A grade.
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