title: Read Many Small Files Sequentially
body: <p>I have a large amount (4000) of rather small files - on average maybe 3 lines (and several collections of this kind). The alphabetic order of the file names corresponds to the expected order for reading.</p>
  
  <p>Essentially what I would like to do is skim their content quickly in sequential order, essentially:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cat * | less
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem with this command is that I do not see where a file ends and a new one begins.</p>
  
  <p>I would also like to note that I know that I can append a mark to the end of each file and then combine them. My question is aiming at a solution which does not require changing the files or creating new files.</p>