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Name: Spoonman184
Date: November 4, 2007 at 22:57:03 Pacific
OS: Windows XP SP2
CPU/Ram: AMD Duron 512MB
Product: Not Sure
Comment:

Is it possible to grab text from a text file and store it into a variable within a currently running batch file?



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Name: klint
Date: November 5, 2007 at 03:16:27 Pacific
Reply:

Yes, something like this:

for /f "options..." %%a in (file.txt) do (
commands...
)

For more information type for /?

Good luck...
klint


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Response Number 2
Name: tonysathre
Date: November 5, 2007 at 10:33:17 Pacific
Reply:

More like this:

for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (vars.txt) do (
set myvar=%%i
)

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