How do to append multiple text files together
How do to append multiple text files together?
Situation: You have multiple documents that you have converted to a text format and now want to analyze them all together. Is there a simple way to append all the text files together?
Answer: Yes.
1. Copy all the files you want to append together into the same folder.
2. For example this is a screen shot of a folder called “Sample_Text_Files” with containing 5 text files:
3. Start the DOS command prompt.
a. In Windows XP, click START, then Run. A Run Window will open.
b. In Windows Vista, Right click on the Folder.
4. In the Open text slot, enter “CMD”, Click OK.
5.
The DOS command window opens:
6. Change the Directory Location to the target folder.
For example, in this case we need to change the directory to the folder located at:
7. To change the directory path type: “cd my documents/sample_text_files” without the quotes.
8. At the command prompt type: “Copy *.txt NewfileName.txt” again without the quotes.
9. All the Files will be appended together and saved into the new file name.
10. If you open the resulting file, all the contents of the files are appended together. Note the File Name of each appended file is included. You may wish to remove those file names prior to your analysis.
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