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Subject: Re: joining 2 files together ?
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beni presented these words - circa 8/7/08 8:34 AM->
> Hi,
> 
> 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 ?

try 'cat file1.avi file2.avi > file3.avi'

Patrick