Re: Copy multiple files into a single file - xcopy?

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JornyO wrote:
I tried the code you suggested by copying and pasting it into a text file and then changing the extension to .bat. I tried running it twice, once by double-clicking on the Batch file icon, and once from Command Prompt. Both times I got the same result: a 1KB file called Collect.txt in C:\ with a single line of text that says: "Snapshot taken on 03/15/2007 at 9:00" That batch file was in the parent folder whose subfolders contain the text files I want copied into a single file.

Did I miss something? Perhaps my limited knowledge of coding and scripting is making blind to something that ought to be obvious.



"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

@echo off
set HomeFolder=c:\temp

Echo Snapshot taken on %date% at %time:~0,5% > c:\Collect.txt
call :Sub %HomeFolder%
for /F "tokens=*" %%* in ('dir /s /b /ad') do call :Sub %%*
notepad c:\Collect.txt
goto :eof
:Sub
pushd "%*"
if exist *.txt (
echo. >> c:\Collect.txt
echo Folder=%* >> C:\Collect.txt
echo ==================== >> c:\Collect.txt
for %%b in (*.txt) do (
echo %%b >> c:\Collect.txt
type "%%b" >> c:\Collect.txt
)
)
popd


While you're waiting for Pegasus to explain the esoterica of command-line programming, try editing the second line of your batch file to read:

set HomeFolder=c:\Data

(assuming that C:\Data is parent folder whose subfolders contain the text files you want copied into a single file; otherwise, use the correct folder name)

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