I actually don't really understand WHAT it is I did, but it worked like it was supposed to and I have to wonder what other efficiencies I could find with others tasks.

Back story: I had multiple text files, and I wanted to get all the contents merged into one text file, which I would then import into a spreadsheet to organize the data in columns.  I GOOGLED to see if there was a way to merge the text files rather than opening each one to copy / paste the contents and LOW and BEHOLD there was!  A thing that looked like code.  And a screen shot of that BLACK screen in my start menu.  I found the black screen.  I made a minor change to the code to find the files I wanted, in the location I needed.  And it worked beautifully.

For those of you who KNOW more about this, do you have a resource you can point me towards that will help me baby-step into how I can use the COMMAND line to be more efficient working with files or completing administrative tasks?

Thanks in advance!Hi 
First share with us your code and we will try to discuss what can be improved !
Have a nice day !Hi Hackoo,

It was this example: C:\> copy in*.txt Combined.txt  from this website https://windows.tips.net/T005670_Ways_to_Combine_Two_or_More_Text_Files.html.  Like I said, it worked great and did exactly what I needed.  Just looking for a book or "name" for this sort of thing so I can study/research if there are more/better ways to go about other administrative tasks.

You used the copy command which is a built-in command available at a command prompt.  The black screen you referred to is what is known as the command prompt.  If you wanted to read more about it I guess I would google "command prompt commands" to start with. Quote from: thatvlookupmagic on May 15, 2020, 07:40:20 PM

Just looking for a book or "name" for this sort of thing so I can study/research if there are more/better ways to go about other administrative tasks.