notepad++ - Need to combine lots of files in a directory

Question

I've got 50 to 60 files in a directory that I need to concatenate into a single file on a regular basis.

I thought about using notepad++ thinking there was probably a plug-in that would help but haven't been able to find one.

Any other thoughts?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3418549/need-to-combine-lots-of-files-in-a-directory

Answer 1

Assuming these are text files (since you are using notepad++) and that you are on Windows, you could fashion a simple batch script to concatenate them together.

For example, in the directory with all the text files, execute the following:

for %f in (*.txt) do type "%f" >> combined.txt

This will merge all files matching *.txt into one file called combined.txt.

For more information:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/keyboard-ninja/keyboard-ninja-concatenate-multiple-text-files-in-windows/