Against all rules: 2 questions in 1 thread. But they are related.
1. I'm looking for a way to merge or join thousands of small txt files into one big txt file.
Does anyone if this can be done with notepad++ or a plug in? If not, any other tool?
2. When I want to read a really big TXT file, notepad++ complains that there is not enough memory to do this job. Does anyone know what is the maximum size of a TXT file that notepad++ can open?
thanks
gert
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Question 1, I don't know.
As for the maximum size of txt file, I don't know that either.
All I can say is that I regularly open up a text file which is around 120 MB in size.
How big is the file you are talking about?
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> 1. I'm looking for a way to merge or join thousands of small txt files into one big txt file.
What OS ? Windows copy command will let you do things like:
copy First.txt+Second.txt+Third.txt All.txt
Which puts the 3 into "All.txt"
Haven't tried UNIX. But there's also GNU tools...like CAT
These commands read and write entire files, possibly transforming them in some way.
* cat invocation: Concatenate and write files.
* tac invocation: Concatenate and write files in reverse.
* nl invocation: Number lines and write files.
* od invocation: Write files in octal or other formats.
* base64 invocation: Transform data into printable data.
Or if you're into complex edits, things like SED.
I have GNU for Windows.
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you would have more options on a Mac/Unix box but Notepadders in this context should mean Windows
I believe a wildcard like * or *.txt and after 'type' and before the > filename may be the tickect for someone who wants to join "thousand of files"
perl could be fun to mess with too but so far, for anything not on a built-in command line, I always pull out the gun and just use a real programming language
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Against all rules: 2 questions in 1 thread. But they are related.
1. I'm looking for a way to merge or join thousands of small txt files into one big txt file.
Does anyone if this can be done with notepad++ or a plug in? If not, any other tool?
2. When I want to read a really big TXT file, notepad++ complains that there is not enough memory to do this job. Does anyone know what is the maximum size of a TXT file that notepad++ can open?
thanks
gert
Question 1, I don't know.
As for the maximum size of txt file, I don't know that either.
All I can say is that I regularly open up a text file which is around 120 MB in size.
How big is the file you are talking about?
850 MB... but it will probably grow in the next couple of weeks...
start -> run -> cmd
type * > name_of_big_file
and if you really want to go for the lost art:
edit name_of_big_file
> and if you really want to go for the lost art:
>
> edit name_of_big_file
or even better:
edlin name_of_big_file
> 1. I'm looking for a way to merge or join thousands of small txt files into one big txt file.
What OS ? Windows copy command will let you do things like:
copy First.txt+Second.txt+Third.txt All.txt
Which puts the 3 into "All.txt"
Haven't tried UNIX. But there's also GNU tools...like CAT
These commands read and write entire files, possibly transforming them in some way.
* cat invocation: Concatenate and write files.
* tac invocation: Concatenate and write files in reverse.
* nl invocation: Number lines and write files.
* od invocation: Write files in octal or other formats.
* base64 invocation: Transform data into printable data.
Or if you're into complex edits, things like SED.
I have GNU for Windows.
>
you would have more options on a Mac/Unix box but Notepadders in this context should mean Windows
I believe a wildcard like * or *.txt and after 'type' and before the > filename may be the tickect for someone who wants to join "thousand of files"
perl could be fun to mess with too but so far, for anything not on a built-in command line, I always pull out the gun and just use a real programming language