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How to read data from txt file

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Name: learner
Date: October 30, 2003 at 04:08:10 Pacific
OS: win nt
CPU/Ram: na
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Hi

I have stored a date value in a txt (currdate.txt) and it contains only this single line data as '20031030'.

Now how do i read this data and store it to a variable which i need to use to check a condition?

thanks for your kind help

cheers



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Name: bitbyte
Date: October 30, 2003 at 12:24:43 Pacific
Reply:

try this

@echo off
for /f "tokens=1" %%a in ('more a.txt') do set checkdate=%%a
echo %checkdate%


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Name: learner
Date: October 30, 2003 at 18:55:01 Pacific
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Hi

Thanks a lot! it works!!!

except for, more command, I had to change it to 'type a.txt'. Looks like more does not work. It returns an error message 'too many arugments'.

We a re currently using Win NT 4.0.

thanks one again for your prompt response

cheers


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