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Old 06-18-2017, 10:33 AM   #1
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Looking for software

I used to use Snapfiles Simple File joiner, but my computer crashed and I don''t have the set up file anymore.

I need a program that will take multiple txt files and combine them into one large text file. The files are txt results/charts files, one for each track each day. I combine them into one monthly file to use to feed Access.

Anyone using something like this?
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Old 06-18-2017, 10:47 AM   #2
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I used to use Snapfiles Simple File joiner, but my computer crashed and I don''t have the set up file anymore.

I need a program that will take multiple txt files and combine them into one large text file. The files are txt results/charts files, one for each track each day. I combine them into one monthly file to use to feed Access.

Anyone using something like this?
In linux this can be done as follows:

cat file1 file2 file3 > newfile



see here for more:

https://superuser.com/questions/1118...multiple-files

In windows is should be done using the type command:

type file1 file2 file3 > newfile

or

copy file1+file2+file3 targetfile
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Check out this page, Tom: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/combine-...-txtcollector/

You might find something you like there. I use Notepad++ as an editor but haven't tried the combine.dll plugin. If you go that route, make sure to download the 32-bit version of Notepad++ as the plugin won't work with the 64-bit version. PM me if you need some help.
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If you can get to the command line you can type a command to combine them . Been about 100 years but it was something like type *.txt > name.txt (or .whatever)

Also should be quite a few open source programs I have seen in the past that would do it. Whether the end result comes out correctly would depend on the original containing characters that would screw it up.
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Luckily, I fond the original set up exe file on my older computer, so I re-installed it on that one. It is a very easy prgram - you just highlight all the files you want to join and click on ADD.

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