When processing information on a computer, it may be necessary to combine text files. A similar action can be performed using a text editor. But this is not always convenient. How can this operation be done efficiently?
Necessary
- - file manager;
- - free disk space.
Instructions
Step 1
Combine text files using the copy functions of the file manager. Many programs of this type, such as Total Commander, provide the option to add the contents of one file to another when trying to overwrite. Open the directories containing the files to be merged in the panels of the file manager. Copy the files to be merged to the target directory, giving them the same name. Select the add information option in the file manager warning dialog
Step 2
Use the copy command on Windows operating systems to combine text files. Start command processor cmd. In the Run Program dialog displayed when you select Run from the Start menu, enter cmd in the Open field and click OK
Step 3
If the files to be merged are in the same directory, change to it. Change the drive by entering its letter with a colon at the command line and pressing Enter. Change directory with cd command
Step 4
Print help and become familiar with the copy command. Type "copy /?" In the shell, press Enter
Step 5
Merge the files. Run the copy command, passing in a list of absolute or relative paths to the source files, concatenated with a "+" sign, and the destination file name. Use the / a switch if necessary. For example: copy / a a.txt + b: /Temp/b.txt +../../c.txt / a result.txt Note that placeholders can be used in filenames
Step 6
Start combining text files on Linux-like operating systems. Switch to a text console or start a terminal emulator
Step 7
Get information on how the cat command works. Use the "cat --help" command to display a quick help. You can also consult the man or info documentation by running the commands "man cat" and "info cat" respectively
Step 8
Concatenate text files using cat and output redirection. Execute the cat command, passing it the list of paths to the merged files as command line parameters. Redirect the program output to a target file. For example: cat a.txt../b.txt /tmp/c.txt> /tmp/result.txt
