Windows batch - concatenate multiple text files into one

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 requirement is to "concatenate files from same day into file day_YYYY-DD-MM.txt" I am a Linux user and Windows batch is hell for me. It's Windows XP.

Solution 1:

Windows type command works similarly to UNIX cat.

Example 1: Merge with file names (This will merge file1.csv & file2.csv to create concat.csv)

type file1.csv file2.csv > concat.csv

Example 2: Merge files with pattern (This will merge all files with csv extension and create concat.csv)

When using asterisk(*) to concatenate all files. Please DON'T use same extension for target file(Eg. .csv). There should be some difference in pattern else target file will also be considered in concatenation

type  *.csv > concat_csv.txt

Solution 2:

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

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

Solution 3:

Place all files need to copied in a separate folder, for ease place them in c drive.

Open Command Prompt - windows>type cmd>select command prompt.

You can see the default directory pointing - Ex : C:[Folder_Name]>. Change the directory to point to the folder which you have placed files to be copied, using ' cd [Folder_Name] ' command.

After pointing to directory - type 'dir' which shows all the files present in folder, just to make sure everything at place.

Now type : 'copy *.txt [newfile_name].txt' and press enter.

Done!

All the text in individual files will be copied to [newfile_name].txt

Solution 4:

In Win 7, navigate to the directory where your text files are. On the command prompt use:

copy *.txt combined.txt

Where combined.txt is the name of the newly created text file.