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variable assignment: how-to ?

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hi, i have a file, raspwd.txt, with only one line containing one phrase. i would like to know how do i assign the content of this file to a variable in a batch file. thanx, tt

Name: IVO
Date: July 25, 2003 at 01:07:27 Pacific

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Use the following: @Echo Off :: XASG.BAT Syntax: XAsg :: Assign the content of the one-row file File to Phrase. :: Set File to the desidered Pathname-Filename Set File=raspwd.txt For /F "tokens=*" %%A in (%File%) Do Set Phrase=%%A Echo. Echo File [%File%] stores [%Phrase%] Have a nice day

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this works great ! thank you so much.

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