join of files 1

[Yarka]

hi,
i've a program that it generates a lot of files whose names are as:
A-21.43.38.txt
A-22.44.11.txt
A-22.08.57.txt
A-23.58.22.txt
A-00.33.16.txt
A-01.38.32.txt
....

The name's number is the time that the program has generated this files. I need to join it into order before in one only file.

How can I do it?
Thanks.

 

[PHV]

Sorry, I don't understand your question.
What is the expected result ?

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[Yarka]

A-21.43.38.txt
A-22.44.11.txt
A-22.08.57.txt
A-23.58.22.txt
A-00.33.16.txt
A-01.38.32.txt
are files that it contains data (it occupies 200M approximately each one). I need to join the content of these files in only one. The order has to do based on the name of the file, which is indicating the hour in that it has been generated. The order of the union is very important because later I must pass scripts so that it extracts results to me.
Therefore, the result has to be an only file.

Thanks.

 

[PHV]

So, A-00.33.16.txt should be first and A-23.58.22.txt last ?
cat A-??.??.??.txt > newfile.txt

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[Yarka]

No, the order is:
first: A-21.43.38.txt
second: A-22.44.11.txt
...
last: A-01.38.32.txt

it is because it is the next day.

 

[PHV]

Perhaps this ?
cat `ls -tr A-??.??.??.txt` > newfile.txt

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[olded]

ls -tr A-??.??.??.txt|xargs cat > newfile.txt