Windows batch - concatenate multiple text files into one

Question

I need to create a script, which concatenates multiple text files into one. I know it\'s simple to use

type *.txt > merged.txt

But the require

Answer 1

Try this:

@echo off
set yyyy=%date:~6,4%
set mm=%date:~3,2%
set dd=%date:~0,2%

set /p temp= "Enter the name of text file: "
FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%x in (texto1.txt, texto2.txt, texto3.txt) DO echo %%x >> day_%temp%.txt

This code ask you to set the name of the file after "day_" where you can input the date. If you want to name your file like the actual date you can do this:

FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%x in (texto1.txt, texto2.txt, texto3.txt) DO echo %%x >> day_%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%.txt

Answer 2

At its most basic, concatenating files from a batch file is done with 'copy'.

copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt concattedfile.txt

Answer 3

I am reiterating some of the other points already made, but including a 3rd example that helps when you have files across folders that you want to concatenate.

Example 1 (files in the same folder):

copy file1.txt+file2.txt+file3.txt file123.txt

Example 2 (files in same folder):

type *.txt > combined.txt

Example 3 (files exist across multiple folders, assumes newfileoutput.txt doesn't exist):

for /D %f in (folderName) DO type %f/filename.txt >> .\newfileoutput.txt