[tlug] Javascript include order vs cat (Was: grep, sed, and cat - oh my!)

[Dave M G <dave@example.com>]

TLUG,

Whoops... slight problem.

When I cat the Javascript files together, the resulting mega-Javascript 
doesn't seem to work.

The errors I get from Firebug indicate that the order in which the code 
is written is messed up so that it's trying to use variables and 
functions before they're declared. The order in which I include the 
Javascript files in the HTML is not being preserved (... and, of course, 
now that I think about it, why would it?)

Damn. I hadn't thought of that problem.

I guess one way I could solve the problem is explicitly name each 
Javascript file and cat them one by one, in order.

Instead of writing out a cat command for each individual file to be 
included, though, is it possible to reference a text file where I can 
list the files in the order I want them to be cat-ed in?

This is one area where Google is failing because the search terms 
collapse on themselves - "cat command text file list", for example, 
results in things to do with combining two text files with lists in 
them, not files with lists that are used for the cat command itself.

Any advice would be much appreciated (even if it was recommendations for 
better search terms!).

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Dave M G