Merge text files using batch

The command is actually a lot simpler and if it works fine for you, then feel free to use it instead of the above method. TXTCollector is a free text file-merging tool with a decent feature set. First, type or copy and paste the folder path into the Folder box at the top or simply click on Browse Folders button and select the folder with the text files. You can then choose which type of files you want to combine. Check the Include subfolders box if you want TXTCollector to recursively look into each sub-folder of the main folder.

TXTCollector will show you exactly how many files it found in the directory. Next you can choose a separator that will appear between each file that is being combined. Either you can pick from the drop down menu or you can just type in whatever you want into the box. By default, the program will put the directory name, file name, and the separator between each file. If you want to combine the files continuously without any break between each file, check off No Separator , No Filename , and No Carriage Returns.

You will then have the choice of adding a space character between the files or not. The cool thing about TXTCollector is that you can really customize it.

If you click on the link at the bottom called Extensions and Separators , you can add your own extensions to TXTcollector.

Edit the extensions. Note that TXTcollector only handles plain text files, no matter what extension is used. Therefore, it cannot combine multiple XLS files, for example, unless they are saved as plain text. The only limitation to the program is that it can only combine 32, text files at once.

The Combine window will pop up and offer to insert the filename and a line of dashes before each text file and a line of asterisks with optional line feed after. To rearrange the order of merged text, drag around the file tabs to the preferred order. The leftmost tab will be top, the rightmost will be the bottom text file. Combine has a webpage where you can read more, download the plugin DLL separately or possibly make a donation if you find it useful.

Visit Combine Plugin Webpage. It will also popup an error if you try to install the plugin manually. If your text files are relatively small and do not contain private or confidential information, using an online text file merging tool is a useful option. There are several online services out there that can merge text files. Place files in a specific order using the sort area or delete them from the list. You can also add prefix text before each file , suffix text after each file , custom separator text, and choose between a DOS or UNIX output format.

Then just press Merge and the new combined text file can be downloaded. Windows has some methods to join multiple files together using command line tools such as Type and Copy.

All you have to do is supply the right syntax to the command. For instance, open a Command Prompt, CD to the folder containing the text files and type:. That very simple command will read the contents of all the text files in the current folder and output it all to the combined text file.

You can also do a similar thing with Copy:. The above will join all. TXT files together into one file called Combined. The Copy command is quite powerful for joining files and you can join together just about anything including archives and video files. To stop that happening and split the text from each file with a line break you need to use something a bit more advanced:. Insert suffix: Insert these texts after each file. Insert separators between files: Insert these texts between each file.

We are very concerned about the privacy of our users. Protecting the security of data. User-uploaded files and processing After the file, it will be deleted automatically after one hour. We do not store the user's data and files. Merge Text with a few simple steps. Click the mouse to complete. No complicated interface. No cumbersome settings. Upload your files, merge them, and download the merged TEXT file. There are no other extra operations. Drag and drop files to the upload area, or click the 'Select a local file' button to upload files.

Sort the uploaded files.