Linux: Merging multiple files, each on a new line

Question

I am using cat *.txt to merge multiple txt files into one, but I need each file to be on a separate line.

What is the best way to merge files with each

Answer 1

You can iterate through each file with a for loop:

for filename in *.txt; do
    # each time through the loop, ${filename} will hold the name
    # of the next *.txt file.  You can then arbitrarily process
    # each file
    cat "${filename}"
    echo

# You can add redirection after the done (which ends the
# for loop).  Any output within the for loop will be sent to
# the redirection specified here
done > output_file