join all text files in subfolders in ubuntu into a single file

I have many folders/subfolders with text files in them.
Is there any way to iterate all of the subfolders and join all the files into a single large file?

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I have many folders/subfolders with text files in them.
Is there any way to iterate all of the subfolders and join all the files into a single large file?

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I have many folders/subfolders with text files in them.
Is there any way to iterate all of the subfolders and join all the files into a single large file?

edited Dec 31 '18 at 18:20

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I have many folders/subfolders with text files in them.
Is there any way to iterate all of the subfolders and join all the files into a single large file?

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edited Dec 31 '18 at 18:20

Jeff Schaller

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edited Dec 31 '18 at 18:20

Jeff Schaller

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edited Dec 31 '18 at 18:20

Jeff Schaller

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One simple way:

find /top/level/subdir -type f -exec cat + > output

Or using bash features:

shopt -s globstar
cat subdir/** > output 2>/dev/null

The 2>/dev/null redirection drops the complaints about bash trying to cat directories.

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by output you mean output.txt?

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:24

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you didn't specify a filename; you can name it whatever you want! :)

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One simple way:

find /top/level/subdir -type f -exec cat + > output

Or using bash features:

shopt -s globstar
cat subdir/** > output 2>/dev/null

The 2>/dev/null redirection drops the complaints about bash trying to cat directories.

edited Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

answered Dec 31 '18 at 18:23

Jeff Schaller

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by output you mean output.txt?

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:24

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you didn't specify a filename; you can name it whatever you want! :)

– Jeff Schaller
Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

Thank you happy new year

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:28

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One simple way:

find /top/level/subdir -type f -exec cat + > output

Or using bash features:

shopt -s globstar
cat subdir/** > output 2>/dev/null

The 2>/dev/null redirection drops the complaints about bash trying to cat directories.

edited Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

answered Dec 31 '18 at 18:23

Jeff Schaller

39.3k1054125

by output you mean output.txt?

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:24

1

you didn't specify a filename; you can name it whatever you want! :)

– Jeff Schaller
Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

Thank you happy new year

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:28

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One simple way:

find /top/level/subdir -type f -exec cat + > output

Or using bash features:

shopt -s globstar
cat subdir/** > output 2>/dev/null

The 2>/dev/null redirection drops the complaints about bash trying to cat directories.

edited Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

answered Dec 31 '18 at 18:23

Jeff Schaller

39.3k1054125

One simple way:

find /top/level/subdir -type f -exec cat + > output

Or using bash features:

shopt -s globstar
cat subdir/** > output 2>/dev/null

The 2>/dev/null redirection drops the complaints about bash trying to cat directories.

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by output you mean output.txt?

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:24

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you didn't specify a filename; you can name it whatever you want! :)

– Jeff Schaller
Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

Thank you happy new year

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:28

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by output you mean output.txt?

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:24

1

you didn't specify a filename; you can name it whatever you want! :)

– Jeff Schaller
Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

Thank you happy new year

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:28

by output you mean output.txt?

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:24

you didn't specify a filename; you can name it whatever you want! :)

– Jeff Schaller
Dec 31 '18 at 18:25

Thank you happy new year

– Born vs. Me
Dec 31 '18 at 18:28

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