There are several ways to combine/blend all the files in a folder by sequentially merging their content, depending on your operating system and preferences:
- Windows Command Prompt:
- Open Command Prompt
- Navigate to the directory containing the files using the "cd" command (e.g. cd C:\myfolder)
- Type "copy /b *.txt output.txt" to merge all files with the extension ".txt" into a new file called "output.txt"
Adjust the extension and filename according to your needs
MacOS Terminal:
- Open Terminal
- Navigate to the directory containing the files using the "cd" command (e.g. cd ~/Documents/myfolder/)
- Type "cat *.txt > output.txt" to merge all files with the extension ".txt" into a new file called "output.txt"
Adjust the extension and filename according to your needs
Using a scripting language:
- Open your preferred scripting language (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl)
- Write a script that loops through all files in the directory and append their contents into a new file
- Save and run the script
- Adjust the file extension and filename according to your needs
Example Python script:
import os
folder = 'myfolder'
output_file = 'output.txt'
with open(output_file, 'w') as out:
for file in os.listdir(folder):
if file.endswith('.txt'):
with open(os.path.join(folder, file), 'r') as f:
out.write(f.read())