Back in DOS days I could concatenate text files without using a third party
tool. Can I do this with XP, Vista, or W7? TIA, Paul

"Paul H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Back in DOS days I could concatenate text files without using a third party
>tool. Can I do this with XP, Vista, or W7? TIA, Paul

Yes, the same way you did before:

copy file1.txt + file2.txt fileboth.txt

Type

copy /?

at a command prompt to find out all about the copy command.

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Tim Slattery
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Paul H wrote:
> Back in DOS days I could concatenate text files without using a third
> party tool. Can I do this with XP, Vista, or W7? TIA, Paul

At the Command Prompt with the Copy command:

copy file1+file2+file3 newfile.txt

John

"John John - MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Paul H wrote:
>> Back in DOS days I could concatenate text files without using a third
>> party tool. Can I do this with XP, Vista, or W7? TIA, Paul
>
> At the Command Prompt with the Copy command:
>
> copy file1+file2+file3 newfile.txt
>
> John

This works fine for text file (as your example suggests) but for binary
files the /b switch is required:

copy /b file1+file2+file3 newfile.bin

Thank you both. I should have known that. I do have a Command Prompt icon
on my desktop because I use various DOS commands occasionally.

Now, since I have 50 or 60 or more files to combine into one, I need some
DOS trick to automatically create the list. With that many files, I will
probably have to do 2 or 3 passes, or the command string will be too long.
Any suggestions?

"Tim Slattery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Paul H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Back in DOS days I could concatenate text files without using a third
>>party
>>tool. Can I do this with XP, Vista, or W7? TIA, Paul
>
> Yes, the same way you did before:
>
> copy file1.txt + file2.txt fileboth.txt
>
> Type
>
> copy /?
>
> at a command prompt to find out all about the copy command.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> (E-Mail Removed)
> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

On Apr 7, 4:53*pm, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoS...@att.net> wrote:
> Thank you both. *I should have known that. *I do have a Command Prompt icon
> on my desktop because I use various DOS commands occasionally.
>
> Now, since I have 50 or 60 or more files to combine into one, I need some
> DOS trick to automatically create the list. *With that many files, I will
> probably have to do 2 or 3 passes, or the command string will be too long..
> Any suggestions?
>
> "Tim Slattery" <Slatter...@bls.gov> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoS...@att.net> wrote:
>
> >>Back in DOS days I could concatenate text files without using a third
> >>party
> >>tool. *Can I do this with XP, Vista, or W7? *TIA, Paul
>
> > Yes, the same way you did before:
>
> > copy file1.txt + file2.txt *fileboth.txt
>
> > Type
>
> > copy /?
>
> > at a command prompt to find out all about the copy command.
>
> > --
> > Tim Slattery
> > Slatter...@bls.gov
> >http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

This group can help you with a batch file.

Andy

alt . msdos . batch . nt