filenames = ['M384_0201_output.xml','M384_0202_output.xml','M384_0203_output.xml','M384_0204_output.xml','M384_0205_output.xml','M384_0206_output.xml','M384_0207_output.xml','M384_0208_output.xml','M384_0209_output.xml','M384_0210_output.xml','M384_0211_output.xml','M384_0212_output.xml','M384_0213_output.xml','M384_0214_output.xml','M384_0215_output.xml','M384_0216_output.xml','M384_0217_output.xml','M384_0218_output.xml','M384_0219_output.xml','M384_0220_output.xml'] with open('m384-import-11.xml', 'w') as outfile: for fname in filenames: with open(fname) as infile: for line in infile: outfile.write(line)