From the POSIX shell specification of Filename Expansion. If the pattern matches any existing filenames or pathnames, the pattern shall be replaced with those ...
Your version ( cat *.mp3 > merged.mp3 ) should work as you'd expect. The *.mp3 is expanded by the shell and will be in alphabetical order.
In the zsh shell also you have the (n) globbing qualifier to request a numerical sorting (as opposed to the default of alphabetical) for globs: cat file.88_*.pdb(n) ...
i am trying to concat lots of text files from the current working folder. the only problem is the text file names are enumerated. for example: file.
It supports sorting alphabetically, in reverse order, by number, by month
The problem is, that my files must must be in order. They are named with a Julian date followed by the file type. Here's an example of the naming schema:
Merging text from multiple text files to a single text file. Merging text from multiple files, and saving the output to another file in alphabetical order. Appending text ...
cat firstfile secondfile thirdfile >> updated_file. If the files
Merging text from multiple files, and saving the output to another file in alphabetical order. Appending text from one text file to another.
How can this be fixed? I'd like to have them ordered before they are hashed so they are hashed in alphabetical order (this has a reason).