Utility to joint text files.

[DreamVB]

This is a small program I made to join text files, I am one of them people that has text files here and there on the desktop, but after a while you end of deleteing them cos your desktop is a mess, so I made this to allow me to join them into one big file. it has the option to also add option header, Well here is the code hope you find it usfull.

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;Ben's Text fILE jOINTER
#include <FileConstants.au3>
#include <String.au3>

Local $Buffer
Local $Filename
Local $LineSep
Local $Outfile
Local $Count
Local $AddSep = False
Local $Parm
Local $fp
Local $i

Func GetFileData($Filename)
    Local $fp
    Local $data

    If FileExists($Filename) Then
        $fp = FileOpen($Filename, 0)
        $data = FileRead($fp)
        FileClose($fp)
    EndIf

    Return $data
    ;Clear up
    $data = Null
EndFunc   ;==>GetFileData

;Get command line count.
$Count = UBound($CmdLine)

;Filename seperaor line
$LineSep = _StringRepeat("-", 69)

;Check parm count
If ($Count > 1) Then

    ;Check if we are adding file seperator.
    $AddSep = StringUpper($CmdLine[1]) = "-H"

    ;Check for out file parm
    $Parm = StringUpper($CmdLine[$Count - 2])

    ;Check for -O out file parm.
    If ($Parm <> "-O") Then
        Exit
    Else
        ;The file the data will be written to.
        $Outfile = $CmdLine[$Count - 1]
    EndIf

    ;If old file is found delete it.
    If FileExists($Outfile) Then
        FileDelete($Outfile)
    EndIf

    ;Open output file
    $fp = FileOpen($Outfile, $FO_APPEND)

    For $i = 1 To $Count - 2
        $parm = StringUpper($CmdLine[$i])
        If ($parm <> "-H") And ($parm <> "-O") Then
            ;Get filename
            $Filename = $CmdLine[$i]
            If FileExists($Filename) Then
                If ($AddSep = True) Then
                    ;Add sep
                    FileWrite($fp, $LineSep & @CRLF)
                    ;Add filename
                    FileWrite($fp, $Filename & @CRLF)
                    ;Add seperator string
                    FileWrite($fp, $LineSep & @CRLF)
                EndIf
                ;Get file contents
                $Buffer = GetFileData($CmdLine[$i])
                ;Append to the file
                FileWrite($fp, $Buffer)
                $Buffer = Null
            EndIf
        EndIf
    Next
    ;Close output file
    FileClose($fp)
EndIf

Example to join files with header.

JoinText.exe -h "c:\out\test.ini" "c:\out\test.txt" "C:\out\tasks.txt" -o "join.txt"

To joing without header just remove the -h

Edited September 15, 2014 by DreamVB

[Werty]

Run(@ComSpec & " /c copy /b *.txt all.txt")

[DreamVB]

Run(@ComSpec & " /c copy /b *.txt all.txt")

Thanks usfull tip to remmber, but also is there a way to use that to add headers like my code does.

[Werty]

is there a way to use that to add headers like my code does.

 

Yes...

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c for %I in (*.txt) do @echo %~nxI >>all.txt >>all.txt && @echo %~tI >>all.txt && type ""%~nxI"" >>all.txt && @echo. >>all.txt && @echo. >>all.txt")

Edited September 16, 2014 by Werty