Hello I am trying to make a batch file which will do the following: Scan for instance the F: drive and all of it subfolders and look for a file say app.bat and merge the contents of every find into a single text file for viewing. It would be good if wild cards could also be used for instance app*.bat. thanks I will keep trying to figure it out

@echo off>merge.txt for /r /d %%a in (.) do copy/b merge.txt+"%%a\*.bat" merge.txt

It works great. But could you tell me how to show above each item found the path where found and put a separator between each find like below. f:\appf.bat $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Thanks for you help I really appreceiate it very much. I

I came up with the batch file below with some help from someone else and it does what I wanted it to do. thanks @echo off if exist merge.txt del merge.txt rem line below creates a file named merge.txt echo. >merge.txt for /r %%a in (app*.bat) do ( echo %%a >>merge.txt echo $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ >>merge.txt copy/b merge.txt+"%%a" merge.txt )