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Read text file into variable
Name: besmith05 Date: January 31, 2008 at 20:34:17 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Intel Product: ?
Comment:
I have a text file that contains a string like this:
C00000000940000000001SWT18A1101000
What I need to do is from within a batch file, read in the contents of the file and then get the value at a certain position like the character at position 15. I've been searching and searching and I can't find any examples and I'm a rookie at this stuff.
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