Fast and simple binary concatenate files in Powershell

Question

What\'s the best way of concatenating binary files using Powershell? I\'d prefer a one-liner that simple to remember and fast to execute.

The best I\'ve come up with

Answer 1

The approach you're taking is the way I would do it in PowerShell. However you should use the -ReadCount parameter to improve perf. You can also take advantage of positional parameters to shorten this even further:

gc File1.bin,File2.bin -Enc Byte -Read 512 | sc new.bin -Enc Byte

Regarding the use of the -ReadCount parameter, I did a blog post on this a while ago that folks might find useful - Optimizing Performance of Get Content for Large Files.