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Command to combine files (append?)
Name: kev100 Date: November 28, 2000 at 21:57:20 Pacific
Comment:
All:
I have a bunch of text files (file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt, etc.)
Is there a command that will combine all the files into 1 (i.e. just tack file2 to the bottom of file1, etc.)
I THOUGHT that the append command did that (and may have under old TRSDOS) but the description of it in DOS 6.22 does not seem to suggest such a function.
At any rate, any way to do the above function would be appreciated.
Name: W0rm Date: November 28, 2000 at 21:59:58 Pacific
Reply:
yeah, append would work, but i'd use copy since append was removed after 6.22.
copy file1.txt+file2.txt+file3.txt newfile.txt
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Response Number 2
Name: kev100 Date: November 28, 2000 at 23:16:14 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks very much !
The copy methods works like a charm.
(BTW - I'm needing to do this because I have to edit a TON of little text files. It will be much easier to simply combine them into a few large files and work from there).
Thanks much !
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Response Number 3
Name: Claude Moreau Date: November 29, 2000 at 05:42:54 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry to contradict WORM, but the APPEND command would not work (unless it does behave differently in TRS DOS than in MS-DOS.
Check this URL for more info.
http://www.easydos.com/append.html
Claude
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Response Number 4
Name: W0rm Date: November 29, 2000 at 20:55:40 Pacific
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i dunno what kind of crap that is. but the dos 6.22 version I used to use was like doing a:
TYPE FILE1.TXT>>FILE2.TXT
so :P
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Response Number 5
Name: robrob Date: April 7, 2001 at 18:36:30 Pacific
Reply:
Is it possible also two append 2 or more mp3 files using this command?
Thanks
Florent
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Response Number 6
Name: ninad Date: April 8, 2001 at 03:58:38 Pacific
Reply:
That was great help from your guys..the copy command works great...i didnt knew it existed..and was looking for software to append files :-)
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