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Is there a way to have a batch app open a file and read a line into a variable. ie: batchapp.bat ------------ open datafile var=read(datafile) echo var

Name: Holla
Date: February 25, 2009 at 20:51:19 Pacific

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This will read the first line into var: for /f "tokens=*" %%q in (datafile) do ( set var=%%q goto :eof ) this will read the last line into var for /f "tokens=*" %%q in (datafile) do set var=%%q this will read the 12th Line: for /f "skip=11 tokens=*" %%q in (datafile) do ( set var=%%q goto :eof ) -- Holla.

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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: February 25, 2009 at 23:13:24 Pacific

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Hi Holla, For the first line you can simplify it to: set /p var=<datafile ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

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Name: Holla
Date: February 26, 2009 at 00:53:19 Pacific

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Thanks M2, Everyday is a learning. The more I learn, the less I know. -- Holla.

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