recursively concatenate files in subdirectories with same folder name

joyce007 · #1 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

I'm trying to concatenate files in subdirectories with the same folder name. Say concatenate all the files in the 'current' subdirectories in 'Literature' parent directory.
Literature/USA/current/
Literature/Europe/current/

Can anyone help with it? Thanks a lot!

thegeek · #2 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Code:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec cat {} >> /tmp/concat-files \;

Are you looking for the above ? Else explain the requirement more clearly.

joyce007 · #3 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

This command concatenate all the files in the parent folder. I'd like to only concatenate files in the subdirectories with the same name. i.e. USA (and Europe) has subdirectories ancient and current. I'd concatenate files in the current folders in Literature parent folder.

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