Subj : Re: Merging files...
To   : Laurent Jumet
From : Steve
Date : Wed Nov 28 2001 07:02 am

From: "E. S. (Steve) Fabian" <ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net>

Laurent Jumet wrote:
>
> Hello !
>
> "Geoff May" <Geoff.May@doka.de> wrote:
>
> GM> Under 4NT, you can use COPY MEMO1+MEMO2+MEMO3 BIGMEMO and I presume
> GM> that works on 4DOS too. Check the on-line help under COPY.
>
>     Yes, this is one way but not very convenient.
>
>     I tryed other ways, but not very convenient.
>
> Basically,
>
>     COPY /B *.txt Big.txt
>
> should be the basis, and must find something more to graft on it, to obtain
> that *.txt should be sorted before merged.
>     May be something like
>
> DIR /B | SomethingHere
>
> Laurent Jumet - Point de Chat, LiŠge, BELGIUM
>       KeyID: 0xCFAF704C
>              [Restore address to laurent.jumet for e-mail reply.]

If these are text files, why the binary copy? If you are running under Windows, 
use can use:

dir /b /one >clip:
>Big.txt
for %f in (@clip:) type %f >>big.txt

If you are not under Windows, you can use an @unique[] temporary file, possibly 
on a virtual (ram) disk.

Unfortunately, only the DIR command has sorting built in.
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