Ubuntu how to combine multiple text files into one with terminal

Question

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?

Possible duplicate of [merge two text files using bash scripts in linux](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45368766/merge-two-text-files-using-bash-scripts-in-linux) — Anastasios Selmani, Nov 11 '17 at 17:29

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '17 at 17:28

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Try cat like

cat file1 file2 file3 > outputFile

cat stands for concatenation.

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.

answered Nov 11 '17 at 17:28

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Thank you very much had no idea it was that easy – James Ele Jan 26 '18 at 17:37

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