How can I set a variable to be equal to the data in a file on Win2K DOS? Thanks.

which content has such a file?

A good option would be to use the FOR cmd with the /F switch. But how to use it depends on how should the text be handled. Let's say you want to send each line from filename.ext to a variable, one line by one: for /F "tokens=*" %%A in (filename.ext) do ( echo Line processed: echo %%A ) You might want to send the first line from the file entirely to a certain variable (enviromental variable, like %var%, not like %%A), and just the first line: for /F "tokens=*" %%A in (filename.ext) do ( set LINE=%%A goto forend ) :forend echo LINE=%LINE% You didn't say how the text should be handled, so I can't post a specific solution. Tell us how is that file (give an example of the file and of what should be passed to the variable) and we can tell you a solution. You could also try to learn the sintax. By typing "FOR/?" on the command prompt, you'll get a very good information about the command (good enough to learn it). BTW, there's no "Win2K DOS". There's a command interpreter, CMD.EXE, which looks like DOS's command interpreter, COMMAND.COM. Nevertheless, that's not DOS, not at all. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br