How do I do a copy combined in Linux like copy /b a.avi + b.avi in DOS/Windows? - Help
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C:\>copy /b *.001 + *.002 + *.003 + *.004 + *.005 + *.006 output.avi
Note: /b is binary and output.avi is the output combined file.
How do I do the same in Linux? I cannot figure it ...
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How do I do a copy combined in Linux like copy /b a.avi + b.avi in DOS/Windows?
Windows' Command/DOS Prompt:
C:\>copy /b *.001 + *.002 + *.003 + *.004 + *.005 + *.006 output.avi
Note: /b is binary and output.avi is the output combined file.
How do I do the same in Linux? I cannot figure it out.
Thank you in advance. 
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Re: How do I do a copy combined in Linux like copy /b a.avi + b.avi in DOS/Windows?
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 03:44:37 -0600, ANTant@zimage.com wrote:
| Windows' Command/DOS Prompt:
| C:\>copy /b *.001 + *.002 + *.003 + *.004 + *.005 + *.006 output.avi
| Note: /b is binary and output.avi is the output combined file.
|
| How do I do the same in Linux? I cannot figure it out.
|
| Thank you in advance. 
cat *.001 *.002 *.003 *.004 *.005 *.006 > output.avi
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Re: How do I do a copy combined in Linux like copy /b a.avi + b.avi in DOS/Windows?
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:01:31 GMT, Paul Colquhoun wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 03:44:37 -0600, ANTant@zimage.com wrote:
>| Windows' Command/DOS Prompt:
>| C:\>copy /b *.001 + *.002 + *.003 + *.004 + *.005 + *.006 output.avi
>| Note: /b is binary and output.avi is the output combined file.
>|
>| How do I do the same in Linux? I cannot figure it out.
>|
>| Thank you in advance. 
>
>
> cat *.001 *.002 *.003 *.004 *.005 *.006 > output.avi
While that will concatenate the files, playback may be problematic. Do a
google for avimerge. I believe it's part of the transcode project.
Rinaldi
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Re: How do I do a copy combined in Linux like copy /b a.avi + b.avi in DOS/Windows?
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 10:26:49 -0600, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:
| On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:01:31 GMT, Paul Colquhoun wrote:
|> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 03:44:37 -0600, ANTant@zimage.com wrote:
|>| Windows' Command/DOS Prompt:
|>| C:\>copy /b *.001 + *.002 + *.003 + *.004 + *.005 + *.006 output.avi
|>| Note: /b is binary and output.avi is the output combined file.
|>|
|>| How do I do the same in Linux? I cannot figure it out.
|>|
|>| Thank you in advance. 
|>
|>
|> cat *.001 *.002 *.003 *.004 *.005 *.006 > output.avi
|
| While that will concatenate the files, playback may be problematic. Do a
| google for avimerge. I believe it's part of the transcode project.
The DOS 'copy' command would have the same problem.
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Re: How do I do a copy combined in Linux like copy /b a.avi + b.avi in DOS/Windows?
ANTant@zimage.com writes:
>Windows' Command/DOS Prompt:
>C:\>copy /b *.001 + *.002 + *.003 + *.004 + *.005 + *.006 output.avi
>Note: /b is binary and output.avi is the output combined file.
>How do I do the same in Linux? I cannot figure it out.
cat *.001 *.002 *.003 *.004 *.005 *.006 > output.avi
Which might be abbreviated to " cat *.00[1-6] > output.avi "
Greetings, Holger