In this article, we are going to see how to Merge/Hide one file into another using CMD. By using this we could be able to hide Important Data from another person, or we could be able to send the data securely to others. Mainly this is used in sending the Virus file to the Host PC, to make affect his computer without knowing the user.
For hiding the Important File/Document we Just need to follow the Following Steps:
Step 1: Select the two Different / Similar Extensions of the file you want to merge.
2 Selected Files
Step 2: Select which file you want to show and which File to Hide.
S.txt File will be in Front
H.docx File to be Hidden
Step 3: Keep both the file into one folder because it is easy to Understand Which file to show and which to hide.
Step 4: Compress the file you want to hide by using Compressing Tools like WinRar. Or any other tool which is easily available.
Hidden File Need to Compress
Step 5: Open the Command Prompt or CMD by pressing window + R and type CMD on the Run Box and press Enter.
CMD Window
Step 6: Please Enter this Command into the CMD/Command Prompt, because these commands could be different in each and every PC/ Laptop. This Command will tell the location of the folder where it is placed in the Computer.
cd /d\users\Administrator\Desktop
cd /d\users\”User Name”\Desktop
Mearge is the name of the Folder kept / Placed on the Desktop Screen of the Computer.
cd Mearge
cd “Folder Name”
The file available in the Folder
dir /w/a
this shows the Files available in that Folder
Copy the .txt file into the .zip file.
Copy /b S.txt + H.zip
Copy /b “Showing file Name” + “Hidden File Name”
Step 7: After all this Process you would not able to see any type of changes into the appear file but sometimes the size of the file might get Increased, or The text format of the task may also be changed automatically.
Before Merging the Word file into the Text file
After Merging the Word file into the Text file Size Increase
Step 8: If you want to see the Hidden file you could use the Compress tools to view the Hidden File as Follows:
Opening the S.txt file in WinRar
H.docx File is Hidden Inside that file
These are some common ways through which we could be able to merge 2 Different / Similar Extensions of Files. This can be used to send secure data from one place to another without catching it.