Ubuntu how to combine multiple text files into one with terminal

Question

I want to combine multiple text files into one text file. Is there any command in ubuntu terminal to do this, or do I have to do it manually?

Answer 1

Try cat like

cat file1 file2 file3 > outputFile

cat stands for concatenation.

> is for output redirection.

If outputFile already has something in it and you wish to append to it the contents of other files, use

cat file1 file2 file3 >> outputFile

as > would erase the old contents of outputFile if it already existed.

Have a look here as well.