Combine 3000k txt files into one txt file Linux

Question

I want to combine 3000k txt files in one txt file Tried this:

cat ./data/*.txt >>final1.txt

But this is gives an error

bash: /bin/cat: Argument list too long

How to do this

Answer

You can use find for that:

find ./data/ -name "*.txt" -exec cat "{}" ; >>final1.txt

* expansion has limits because bash expands it into every single filename and arguments are limited by kernel setting MAX_ARGS_PAGES (see http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6060)

Accepted Answer

You can use find for that:find ./data/ -name "*.txt" -exec cat "{}" ; >>final1.txt* expansion has limits because bash expands it into every single filename and arguments are limited by kernel setting MAX_ARGS_PAGES (see http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6060)

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