Joining .txt files

[Alain]

Hi
I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1 file
with all the content of the other files.
Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste routine)
Thanx
Alain

[David Candy]

Copy file1+file2 newfile

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"Alain" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi
> I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1 file=20
> with all the content of the other files.
> Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste routine)
> Thanx
> Alain

[Jim Macklin]

What software do you have on your computer and do you what
to retain the txt format?

If you have WORD (it should work with other programs?),
select all the files you want to merge, then select open,
WORD will open and merge the contents into one file. It
will be in WORD format (.doc) but you can save as txt.


"Alain" > wrote in message
...
| Hi
| I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1
file
| with all the content of the other files.
| Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste
routine)
| Thanx
| Alain

[Jim Macklin]

Just checked this too, Start/run type cmd...then type help
copy to see procedure.
Basically just use copy file1.txt + file2.txt+....fileN.txt
newfile.txt



"Jim Macklin" > wrote
in message ...
| What software do you have on your computer and do you what
| to retain the txt format?
|
| If you have WORD (it should work with other programs?),
| select all the files you want to merge, then select open,
| WORD will open and merge the contents into one file. It
| will be in WORD format (.doc) but you can save as txt.
|
|
| "Alain" > wrote in message
| ...
| | Hi
| | I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1
| file
| | with all the content of the other files.
| | Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste
| routine)
| | Thanx
| | Alain
|
|

[Jonathan]

You can use the command propt to do it also.
Make a new folder on the C drive called folder1.
Copy all your files to it.
Type whats in the quotes but not the quotes and follow with enter.
start -> run -> "cmd" -> "cd folder1" -> "copy *.txt new.txt" -> exit

That will copy all your text files into a file named new.txt.

Hope this helps.

Jonathan
"Alain" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
> I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1 file
> with all the content of the other files.
> Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste routine)
> Thanx
> Alain

[SunSpot]

"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
...
> What software do you have on your computer and do you what
> to retain the txt format?
>
> If you have WORD (it should work with other programs?),
> select all the files you want to merge, then select open,
> WORD will open and merge the contents into one file. It
> will be in WORD format (.doc) but you can save as txt.
>
>
> "Alain" > wrote in message
> ...
> | Hi
> | I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1
> file
> | with all the content of the other files.
> | Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste
> routine)
> | Thanx
> | Alain
>

Jim. I just tried this and all it did was open each one in a seperate
window. How did you get it to open them up as one?

>

[nevermore]

Jim, whenever I select multiple Word files and then open, they all open as
separate documents whether I do the multiple selection with or without Word
running. Interested in how you get them to open as one document?
"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
...
> What software do you have on your computer and do you what
> to retain the txt format?
>
> If you have WORD (it should work with other programs?),
> select all the files you want to merge, then select open,
> WORD will open and merge the contents into one file. It
> will be in WORD format (.doc) but you can save as txt.
>
>
> "Alain" > wrote in message
> ...
> | Hi
> | I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1
> file
> | with all the content of the other files.
> | Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste
> routine)
> | Thanx
> | Alain
>
>

[Alain]

Hi
This worked for me
Thanx a lot! for everybody who replied.
Alain

>-----Original Message-----
>You can use the command propt to do it also.
>Make a new folder on the C drive called folder1.
>Copy all your files to it.
>Type whats in the quotes but not the quotes and follow
with enter.
>start -> run -> "cmd" -> "cd folder1" -> "copy *.txt new.
txt" -> exit
>
>That will copy all your text files into a file named new.
txt.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Jonathan
>"Alain" > wrote in message
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>> Hi
>> I have many .txt files and I would like to make just 1
file
>> with all the content of the other files.
>> Is there a way to do this? (besides the copy/paste
routine)
>> Thanx
>> Alain
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