How do I concatenate file contents into a single file in bash?

Question

I have files in different directories under a parent directory, something like this:

I want to have an output file that appends the content of File1 with File2. How do I do it in Bash?

`find /parentDir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 cat > singleFile` — anubhava, Mar 07 '18 at 11:10
@anubhava It worked, find home -name "*.orc" -print0 | xargs -0 cat > test.orc — shashank, Mar 07 '18 at 11:29
@anubhava The reason was that I was saving it in the same directory where it was reading from, so the infinite loop. — shashank, Mar 07 '18 at 11:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:34

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Converting my comment to an answer. You can use following find + xargs pipeline command:

cd /parent/dir

find home -name "*.orc" -print0 | xargs -0 cat > test.orc

answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:34

anubhava

The question seem like a dup of [Concatenating multiple text files into a single file in Bash](https://stackoverflow.com/q/2150614/608639). – jww Mar 07 '18 at 13:23

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