Appending the contents of multiple text files into 1 file

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Hi,

is there a simpler/more idiomatic way to append/join the contents of
multiple text files into 1 file?

this works, but i'm trying to see if there are more succinct methods.
thanks!

mynewfile = File.new('C:\mynewfile.txt', 'w')
  @myfilenames.each do |mfn|
    File.open('#{mfn}.txt') do |file|
      file.each_line {|line| mynewfile.puts(line)}
    end
  end
mynewfile.close

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Alle giovedì 14 giugno 2007, Paul Danese ha scritto:

Hi,

is there a simpler/more idiomatic way to append/join the contents of
multiple text files into 1 file?

this works, but i'm trying to see if there are more succinct methods.
thanks!

mynewfile = File.new('C:\mynewfile.txt', 'w')
  @myfilenames.each do |mfn|
    File.open('#{mfn}.txt') do |file|
      file.each_line {|line| mynewfile.puts(line)}
    end
  end
mynewfile.close

This should work:

File.open('C:\mynewfile.txt','w') do |f|
  @myfilenames.each do |mfn|
    f.puts(File.read(mfn))
  end
end

I hope this helps

Stefano