How to merge different files in one file?

[N Gopal]

Hi,

I am having 5 flat files say f1.out,f2.out,f3.out,f4.out,f5.out etc.

These files will be updated everyday. I want out put of all the files in one file say final.out. For that i am using below commands:

cat f1.out > final.out
cat f2.out >> final.out
cat f3.out >> final.out
cat f4.out >> final.out
cat f5.out >> final.out

I have to run these commands everyday.

But problem i am facing is that out put shows the content of f5.out only.

Can some one help me out that what is the correct way to do this?

Thanks

[Anshumali]

"I have to run these commands everyday."
You are running it manually or running through cron.

let me know if the issue is with manual execution also?

Anshu

[Hasan Atasoy]

Hi ;

cat f[1-5].out > final.out

Hasan

[john korterman]

Hi Gopal,

your commands look ok to me.
Alternatively, you could do it like this:

# cat f1.out f2.out f3.out f4.out f5.out > final.out

but it will bring the same result; if it looks as if you get only the result of f5.out, it must be because the other files are empty.


regards,
John K.

[No Devices Found]

Gopal,

To concat all the files to the single file you have to run the command like below I have given.

cat file1 file2 file3 >> Outputfile

Make sure your files are not empty. If anyone of them is empty then you wont get some results in your output file.