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    Why am I getting extra copies of every file?
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    You may have your output set to the same file type as your inputs.This would cause the program to read the output file after its initial creation and add in copies of the previously merged documents.
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    I have merged text files into one, but the prompt included the files in random order. Can it also merge files in an ordered fashion?
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    If you have three files, A.TXT, B.TXT and C.TXT and you want to combine them in the order CAB in the file CAB.TXT, you can use the copy command as follows: copy C.TXT+A.TXT+B.TXT CAB.TXT.
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    How do I separate the content of text files from one another?
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    You can take the text from the other ones, cut them and paste them into another text editing program, or you could just leave it alone and let them stay.
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    How do I merge text in command prompt on Windows 10?
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    This guide works for Windows 10 as well. Follow the same instructions described above.
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    Why is only the last file copied to the merged file when I do this?
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    Don't know why this happens, but I ran into it too. For Windows 10, "Type *.txt > Combined.txt" works the same.
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    What do I do if the second text file starts on the same line as the last row of the first text file?
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    Make sure each file to be copied has a CRLF at the end of the last row. In other words, open the files in a text editor go to the end of the file and press Enter.
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    I'm working with Windows 10 Pro and Powershell. It copied only the last file. What went wrong?
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    It doesn't actually work in Powershell. It works in cmd.exe specifically. Type "cmd" in search and start it. Use "cd \" and "cd [file directory here]" to manually navigate to the folder location. Then follow the guide.
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