Append

1. The process of attaching or combining data with another file or set of data. How do I append two files together in the Windows command line?

Use the copy Windows command line to append multiple files together. See our copy command page for examples and additional information.

How can I append text into a file in the Windows command line?

Using the echo command you can append any text to a file. Below, is an example of an echo command that can be used at the Windows command line. In the below example, the echo command is echoing "this is an example" to the screen and ">>" is appending that echo to the test.txt file.

echo this is an example >> test.txt

Tip: When text is appended to a file, it is added at the end or bottom.

2. Append is also a MS-DOS and FTP command.

Also see: Append symbol, Concatenate, Greater than