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Ubuntu how to combine multiple text files into one with terminal

I want to combine multiple text files into one text file. Is there any command in ubuntu terminal to do this, or do I have to do it manually?

Solution

  • Try cat like

    cat file1 file2 file3 > outputFile

    cat stands for concatenation.

    > is for output redirection.

    If outputFile already has something in it and you wish to append to it the contents of other files, use

    cat file1 file2 file3 >> outputFile

    as > would erase the old contents of outputFile if it already existed.

    Have a look here as well.