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Combine text files eliminating duplicate lines


Dave Behman posted code for a Windows batch file here, which can be used to combine two text files and eliminate any duplicate lines.

So let's say you have one text file like this:

. . . and a second text file like this:

. . . and you want to combine them into a single text file which only lists each U.S. president once.

Enter this code in a new text file:

@echo off copy USPresidents1.txt merge.txt >nul findstr /lvxig:USPresidents1.txt USPresidents2.txt >>merge.txt type merge.txt

Save the new text file with the extension, '.bat' and double-click on it. You will get this result:


Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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