Windows cmd concatenate

Mirage - updated my answer according to your comment. But the problem is how can i add the endline character to each text file. Currently some of files text are in same paragrah in the merged file , so excel put it in one column. OR if i can append some endline character to all the files first and then perform merge operation — Mirage. Show 3 more comments.

Echeban Echeban 4 4 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. There you have it. This is an awesome answer for concatenating log files or other things you will parse down the road. Specifically the fact you can do type x.

New lines are pretty easy to deal with. Wow, type has come a long way since DOS 3. I did not know you can use file masks.

When did that happen? Add a comment. This is quite useful if you need to concatenate files in a particular order. Microsoft docs on copy docs. The OP said he does not want to type in all the names. Thanks a bunch!! Shane Rutter - 0. Malcolm - 1. Rajorshi Roy - 0. Benny - 0. Thank you, Benny. Link Text.

Open link in a new tab. No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item. This works in PowerShell, which is the Windows preferred shell in current Windows versions, therefore it works. It is also the only version of the answers above to work with large files, where 'type' or 'copy' fails.

If you want to name your file like the actual date you can do this:. How are we doing? Please help us improve Stack Overflow. Take our short survey. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Windows batch - concatenate multiple text files into one Ask Question.

Asked 6 years, 7 months ago. Active 11 months ago. Viewed k times. Null 1, 9 9 gold badges 26 26 silver badges 32 32 bronze badges. You are going to need a lovely FOR command to do this: stackoverflow. Personally, I would not mess with things like this in batch. Even if you can get it to work, the types of object you can use are limited--Powershell is the way to go. You can install Powershell 2. See support. Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 2 months ago.

Active 4 months ago. Viewed 1. I want to run two commands in a Windows CMD console. In Linux I would do it like this touch thisfile ; ls -lstrh How is it done on Windows?

Soviut Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. There are quite a few other points about this that you'll find scrolling down this page. Historical data follows, for those who may find it educational. Works on Win 8. Fallenreaper, that does work in the straight cmd prompt as well, so I suppose it's not a bad habit to get into. Fallenreaper Make sure that you are aware of the practical difference between the two: See Raihan's answer below.

Got ya. Thanks for the heads up — Fallenreaper. Both commands are run, but the environment variable substitutions are evaluated before either command is actually executed. This problem can be resolved by using the Delayed Expansion feature only available in batch files though.

NOTE: The feature requires you to use! Show 7 more comments. You can use the special characters listed in the following table to pass multiple commands. Raihan Raihan 9, 5 5 gold badges 25 25 silver badges 43 43 bronze badges.

The success or failure of command1 is irrelevant.