globcat
Concatenate files in alphabetical order from command line with glob pattern.
Install
npm install [--global] globcat
Usage
import globcat from 'globcat'
const options = {
/*...*/
}
// just the one...
globcat('**/*.txt', (err, contents) => {
// contents contains the file contents of the matched files
// err is an error object or null
})
// ... or with array
globcat(['path/to/file.txt', 'other/path/*.txt'], options, (err, contents) => {
// contents contains the file contents of the matched files
// err is an error object or null
})
// as promise
globcat(['path/to/file.txt', 'other/path/*.txt'], options)
.then(function (contents) {
// use contents
})
.catch(function (err) {
// handle error
})
Options
-
stream
Set totrue
to get a readable stream instead of string in the callback. Defaults tofalse
. -
glob
Is passed through to glob. For option details please view the glob package. Thanks glob and minimatch for your excellence! :)
Command Line
Using CLI arguments:
globcat path/*.txt other/**/*.txt --output combined.txt
Using pipes:
cat file-with-paths.txt | globcat > combined.txt
Oneliner without installing using npx
, use --quiet
to suppress output from
npx
itself:
npx --quiet globcat *.txt > all.txt
To see available options run globcat --help
.