I need help with a batch file that merges excel files into one

[nikoloff]

This is what I want to achieve: I want to merge all excel files in a directory into one .csv file. The files in the directory are only *.xls, *.xlsx, and *.csv . I use a simple batch file that I put in the directory which has the following script:

echo off
copy /a *.* merged.csv
pause

And it works just fine but it merges the files alphabetically, which is not convenient for me. I want them to be merged in the order of their Date of creation or by Date modified. I've read this but I can't seem to make the script work for me. Please help me. Thank you very much in advance.

 

[archer]

Hi, Welcome to Seven forums.

Try this.

for /f "tokens=*" %i in ('dir /b /o:d /A:-D "C:\YourDir\" ') do type "C:\YourDir\%i">> merged.csv & echo.>> merged.csv

 

[nikoloff]

Thanks for the reply but it doesn't work The cmd window flashes for a quick while but nothing anymore happens

 

[Kaktussoft]

Thanks for the reply but it doesn't work The cmd window flashes for a quick while but nothing anymore happens

You have to open cmd prompt first then do the command. But the command is wrong! It simply concatenates the files. It doesn't convert to csv.