Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:38:29 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: beni@brinckman.info Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: joining 2 files together ? Message-ID: <20080807113829.40fb0453.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200808071534.29383.beni@brinckman.info> References: <200808071534.29383.beni@brinckman.info>
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In response to beni <beni@brinckman.info>:
>
> I am trying to find the equivalent for the old dos "copy file1+file2" command
> ("copy myfile1.txt+myfile2.txt" copies the contents in myfile2.txt and
> combines it with the contents in myfile1.txt).
> But the standard freebsd "cp" doesn't seem to want the "+" between the two
> files :
>
> bsdaddict# cp file1.avi+file2.avi
> usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-alpv] source_file target_file
> cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-alpv] source_file ...
> target_directory
> bsdaddict#
>
> So how to I append file2 at the end of file1 to get only one file ? To be more
> specific : I would like to merge 2 avi files into one. How do I get
> file1.avi+file2.avi into file3.avi ?
> Thanks.
Well, to answer your first question:
cp file1.avi file3.avi && cat file2.avi >> file3.avi
But to answer your real question, you can't just mash two avi files
together to make 1 big one. You'll need something like avidemux or
one of the command line tools to actually get the avi headers correct.
--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
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