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Merges all Text Files into one Text File from given Path
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| import java.io.*; | |
| class MergeTextFiles { | |
| public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { | |
| BufferedReader br; // Declaring a variable of BufferedReader data type so that it can be used inside loop to read every .txt files listed there. | |
| String path = "C:/users/arjun/Desktop/"; // This is pre-specified path, you can change it. | |
| PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(path + "mergedText.txt"); | |
| String line; // This will get the lines on text files. | |
| String location; | |
| File[] filesFromPath = (new File(path)).listFiles(); | |
| for (File fileFromPath : filesFromPath) { | |
| if (fileFromPath.getName().endsWith(".txt") && !fileFromPath.getName().equals("mergedText.txt")) { // First getName() will return the file name into string and endsWith() checks the file extension like REGEX. It excludes the mergedText.txt too. | |
| System.out.println("Reading from " + fileFromPath.getName()); // Prints progress message in console. | |
| location = path + fileFromPath.getName(); | |
| br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(location)); | |
| pw.write("From " + fileFromPath.getName() + "\n"); // This will write the text. | |
| line = br.readLine(); // Reads a line from specified file and returns string. | |
| while (line != null) { // Loop executes until the line-read is not null. | |
| pw.println(line + "\n"); // Writes each lines into the PrintWriter variable. | |
| line = br.readLine(); | |
| } | |
| pw.write("\n"); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| System.out.println("Writing completed."); | |
| // br is not initialized at this scope, so need to close() it. | |
| pw.flush(); | |
| pw.close(); | |
| } | |
| } |
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