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    • CoisesC
      Coises
      last edited by

      There does not appear to be another merge plugin. There used to be a “Combine” plugin, but it appears to have disappeared.

      If speed with large files is a concern, my guess is that it would be best to install GnuWin CoreUtils for Windows (unless you have Linux available) and use the Paste command. Command-line processing is often a better choice than GUI applications for operations on very large files that don’t require user involvement once they’re started.

      An alternative using Notepad++ would be to make a rectangular selection enclosing all of one file and paste that into the other file; however, I suspect that will be both clumsy and slow with very large files. Another alternative would be to insert line numbers at the beginning of each line in each file, paste one after the other, sort, and then use a regular expression replacement to combine pairs of lines.

      The choice depends on what you find comfortable and how large the large files are. A couple thousand lines you can probably manage by pasting columns. Several thousand: number, paste and regex is more work, but less prone to confusing results when you can’t see what is happening because there are just too many lines to review them all. More than that — or if you’re going to have to do this repeatedly — and you’ll save time and stress in the long run by working out a command line solution.

      You could raise an issue on the GitHub repository for Merge-files-in-one. There has been no activity there since 2019, but the owner of the repository has been active elsewhere recently.

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      • DoğancanD
        Doğancan @Coises
        last edited by Doğancan

        @Coises https://web.archive.org/web/20200726080013/http://www.scout-soft.com/combine/combine.dll
        Thanks, but it didn’t work the way I wanted.

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn @Doğancan
          last edited by

          @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

          but it didn’t work the way I wanted.

          Maybe if you described what you want, someone will be able to suggest something that meets your need.

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          • Mark OlsonM
            Mark Olson
            last edited by

            A simple Python script can paste together several thousand files with a combined size of 80MB in about 18 seconds; not sure how it scales with number of files vs. combined size. I’m not pasting the script because it’s not really a Notepad++ problem.

            Is 4-5MB/s fast enough throughput for your needs?

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn
              last edited by

              Yea, if OP is talking about a huge amount of data, Notepad++ isn’t the right tool. Not to say it couldn’t do it (via some scripting via a plugin), but why would you do it that way?

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              • DoğancanD
                Doğancan @Alan Kilborn
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                • Mark OlsonM
                  Mark Olson @Doğancan
                  last edited by

                  @Doğancan

                  OK, so essentially your problem is something along the lines of:

                  • Document A has text in lines ABEFJ
                  • Document B has text in lines CD
                  • Document C has text in lines GHI

                  We want a document that contains lines ABCDEFGHIJ from Documents A, B, and C.

                  This is very different from the problem we thought we were helping you with, and it would have been nice to know earlier.

                  That said, here is a PythonScript solution (see that link for info on how to use) that can solve this problem:

                  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                  # reference: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24872/is-there-any-alternative-to-merge-files-in-one-plugin/7?_=1693515221904
                  from __future__ import print_function
                  import re
                  from Npp import *
                  
                  __version__ = '0.1.0'
                  
                  EOLS = ('\r\n', '\r', '\n')
                  
                  def getCurrentEol():
                      return EOLS[editor.getEOLMode()]
                  
                  def main():
                      fnames = [x[0] for x in notepad.getFiles()]
                      setfnames = set(fnames)
                      fnames_str = '\r\n'.join(fnames)
                      while True:
                          fnames_chosen_str = notepad.prompt("remove the names of any files in this list that you don't want to merge", 'merge files together', fnames_str)
                          if fnames_chosen_str is None:
                              return
                          fnames_chosen = [f for f in fnames_chosen_str.split('\r\n') if f]
                          bad = False
                          for fname in fnames_chosen:
                              if fname not in setfnames:
                                  bad = True
                                  notepad.messageBox('Filename %s was not a currently open file' % fname)
                                  break
                          if not bad:
                              break
                      lines_fname_map = {}
                      for fname in fnames_chosen:
                          notepad.open(fname)
                          text = editor.getText()
                          eol = getCurrentEol()
                          lines = text.split(eol)
                          lines_fname_map[fname] = lines
                      maxlen = max(len(x) for x in lines_fname_map.values())
                      merged = []
                      collisions = {}
                      for ii in range(maxlen):
                          line_filled_by = None
                          for fname, lines in lines_fname_map.items():
                              len_ = len(lines)
                              if ii >= len_:
                                  continue
                              line = lines[ii]
                              if line:
                                  if line_filled_by:
                                      if ii not in collisions:
                                          collisions[ii] = {line_filled_by: merged[ii]}
                                      collisions[ii][fname] = line
                                  else:
                                      line_filled_by = fname
                                      merged.append(line)
                      for ii, collision in collisions.items():
                          collisions_text_list = []
                          collision_lines = list(collision.values())
                          for fname, line in collision.items():
                              existing_choice = merged[ii]
                              collisions_text_list.append('[ %s ] %s : %s' % (
                                  'X' if line == existing_choice else '',
                                  fname,
                                  line
                              ))
                          collisions_text = '\r\n'.join(collisions_text_list)
                          result = notepad.prompt('Collision at line %d. Put an X in the box of the file whose line you want to keep, then hit OK or Cancel to skip this line' % ii, 'merge collisions', collisions_text)
                          if not result:
                              continue
                          for jj, result_line in enumerate(result.split('\r\n')):
                              if re.search(r'^\s*\\[\s*\S\s*\\]', result_line):
                                  line_to_use = collision_lines[jj]
                                  merged[ii] = line_to_use
                                  break
                      notepad.new()
                      editor.setText('\r\n'.join(merged))
                      notepad.messageBox('This file contains the merger of the selected files', 'merger complete')
                      
                  if __name__ == '__main__':
                      main()
                  

                  Example usage:
                  File new 1:

                  a
                  b
                  bar
                  
                  e
                  f
                  
                  
                  
                  j
                  

                  File new 2:

                  
                  
                  c
                  d
                  

                  File new 3:

                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  foo
                  g
                  h
                  i
                  

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                  • Mark OlsonM
                    Mark Olson @Mark Olson
                    last edited by

                    @Mark-Olson

                    That said, here is a PythonScript solution (see that link for info on how to use) that can solve this problem:

                    Improvement to the above script, with an “escape valve” added to stop processing collisions in case there are so many that going through all of them would take forever.

                    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                    # reference: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24872/is-there-any-alternative-to-merge-files-in-one-plugin/7?_=1693515221904
                    from __future__ import print_function
                    import os
                    import re
                    from Npp import *
                    
                    __version__ = '0.2.0'
                    
                    EOLS = ('\r\n', '\r', '\n')
                    
                    def getCurrentEol():
                        return EOLS[editor.getEOLMode()]
                    
                    def main():
                        fnames = [x[0] for x in notepad.getFiles()]
                        setfnames = set(fnames)
                        fnames_str = '\r\n'.join(fnames)
                        while True:
                            fnames_chosen_str = notepad.prompt("remove the names of any files in this list that you don't want to merge", 'merge files together', fnames_str)
                            if fnames_chosen_str is None:
                                return
                            fnames_chosen = [f for f in fnames_chosen_str.split('\r\n') if f]
                            bad = False
                            for fname in fnames_chosen:
                                if fname not in setfnames:
                                    bad = True
                                    notepad.messageBox(
                                        'Filename %s was not a currently open file' % fname,
                                        'nonexistent filename',
                                        MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ICONEXCLAMATION
                                    )
                                    break
                            if not bad:
                                break
                        lines_fname_map = {}
                        for fname in fnames_chosen:
                            notepad.open(fname)
                            text = editor.getText()
                            eol = getCurrentEol()
                            lines = text.split(eol)
                            lines_fname_map[fname] = lines
                        maxlen = max(len(x) for x in lines_fname_map.values())
                        merged = []
                        collisions = {}
                        for ii in range(maxlen):
                            line_filled_by = None
                            for fname, lines in lines_fname_map.items():
                                len_ = len(lines)
                                if ii >= len_:
                                    continue
                                line = lines[ii]
                                if line:
                                    if line_filled_by:
                                        if ii not in collisions:
                                            collisions[ii] = {line_filled_by: merged[ii]}
                                        collisions[ii][fname] = line
                                    else:
                                        line_filled_by = fname
                                        merged.append(line)
                        n_collisions = len(collisions)
                        many_collisions = n_collisions > 10
                        short_fnames = {}
                        short_fname_values = set()
                        for fname in fnames_chosen:
                            fname_parts = fname.split(os.sep)
                            first_part_idx = len(fname_parts) - 1
                            short_fname = '\\'.join(fname_parts[first_part_idx:])
                            while first_part_idx >= 0 and short_fname in short_fname_values:
                                first_part_idx -= 1
                                short_fname = '\\'.join(fname_parts[first_part_idx:])        
                            short_fname_values.add(short_fname)
                            short_fnames[fname] = short_fname
                        for coll_ix, (ii, collision) in enumerate(collisions.items()):
                            collisions_text_list = []
                            collision_lines = list(collision.values())
                            for fname, line in collision.items():
                                existing_choice = merged[ii]
                                collisions_text_list.append('[ %s ] %r : %r' % (
                                    'X' if line == existing_choice else '',
                                    short_fnames[fname],
                                    line
                                ))
                            collisions_text = '\r\n'.join(collisions_text_list)
                            result = notepad.prompt('Collision at line %d. Put an X in the box of the file whose line you want to keep, then hit OK or Cancel to skip this line' % ii, 'merge collisions', collisions_text)
                            stop_processing = False
                            if result:        
                                for jj, result_line in enumerate(result.split('\r\n')):
                                    if re.search(r'^\s*\\[\s*\S\s*\\]', result_line):
                                        line_to_use = collision_lines[jj]
                                        merged[ii] = line_to_use
                                        break
                            else:
                                stop_processing = True
                            remaining_colisions = n_collisions - coll_ix - 1
                            if coll_ix % 5 == 0 and remaining_colisions >= 5:
                                mb_result = notepad.messageBox(
                                    'There are %d unresolved collisions left. Stop processing them now?' % remaining_colisions,
                                    'Many collisions left',
                                    MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ICONQUESTION | MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.YESNO
                                )
                                if mb_result == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTYES:
                                    break
                        notepad.new()
                        editor.setText('\r\n'.join(merged))
                        notepad.messageBox('This file contains the merger of the selected files', 'merger complete')
                        
                    if __name__ == '__main__':
                        main()
                    
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                    • DoğancanD
                      Doğancan @Mark Olson
                      last edited by Doğancan

                      @Mark-Olson It really worked. Endless thanks .Can you publish this as a plugin so that everyone can use it ?

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                      • Mark OlsonM
                        Mark Olson @Doğancan
                        last edited by

                        @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

                        Can you publish this as a plugin so that everyone can use it ?

                        Glad it worked! A plugin? No. PythonScript scripts have to be installed according to this link.

                        The closest thing I can provide is a Github gist.

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                        • DoğancanD
                          Doğancan @Mark Olson
                          last edited by

                          @Mark-Olson I thought that plugins work with python.What programming language are notepad++ plugins written in ?

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                          • CoisesC
                            Coises @Doğancan
                            last edited by

                            @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

                            What programming language are notepad++ plugins written in ?

                            Notepad++ plugins are DLLs using a C interface, so any language that can be compiled to that could be used to write a plugin. In addition to “native” C or C++, the documentation links to API files for Ada, C#, D and Delphi.

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                            • Mark OlsonM
                              Mark Olson @Coises
                              last edited by

                              @Coises
                              …and Pascal, V, as well as PythonScript-like plugins in Lua and JavaScript.

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                              • EkopalypseE
                                Ekopalypse @Doğancan
                                last edited by

                                @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

                                @Mark-Olson I thought that plugins work with python.What programming language are notepad++ plugins written in ?

                                So far, besides what has already been mentioned, I have written plugins in Nim, Odin, Zig, Rust and Python (using cython and cffi). So basically it boils down to the language having to be able to create a native DLL that Npp can load.

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                                • CésarC
                                  César @Doğancan
                                  last edited by César

                                  @Doğancan This solution worked for me (I tried it on merging HTML files succesfully):

                                  @Diego-Raguindin said in Combine Plugin Gone!?:

                                  This worked perfectly for me:

                                  Put all of the files you want to combine in the same folder. Easiest would be at root-level.
                                  Run a command prompt
                                  CD to the folder in Step 1
                                  Enter command copy *.csv filename.csv where “filename” is the desired output filename
                                  Hit enter
                                  File ‘filename.csv’ is created in the same folder
                                  

                                  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77090

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